Why on earth do people put a up photo on here asking if they look good for their age?

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I fully expect an article in the Daily Mail incoming with lots of women of a similar age pointing out they look better. Why would you do this to yourself ?

Aah, cos some of us have a touch of vanity about us, not least me

For an ego boost.

It never works on here though, everyone who replies on those threads adds about 20 years on.

It's hilarious 😂😂

No idea. I always assume it’s either because they think they look a-mazing for their age, or they are mean and put up someone else’s picture. It’s odd for sure.

Attention seeking.

Putting up photos of your face on an avowedly anonymous forum is an odd kind of power play ...

They want an ego boost.

blatant fishing for compliments

@DifficultPifcultLemonDifficult

For an ego boost.

It never works on here though, everyone who replies on those threads adds about 20 years on.

It's hilarious 😂😂

I agree. I find him hilarious 😂 one women said she was 42 and people said late 50s to mid 60s 😂

Them not him😂

I suppose they think they look younger than they are and want compliments.

I think some people genuinely want to know. I'd be interested to see how old people thought I was but I have no balls so Nah.

Well, it's the internet. A wide range of people use it, sometimes for things that I wouldn't. I usually have a look at the pic!

Please don't tell me I have missed a recent one!

I find it so desperate but I’m magnetically drawn to them. It’s even funnier after they have the thread deleted when it is not going as they hoped.

It's a pathetic attempt at fishing for compliments, and is best ignored.

Well I enjoy a touch of attention seeking occasionally.

I'm a flawed being – unlike many of you it would appear

I would imagine 99.9% of the time it's exactly what it looks like: simple old fashioned fishing for compliments. Bit sad. And all the weird gushing ''oh God you're so amazingly gorgeous'' posts just encourage the next one thinking of doing it.

None of them ever look any younger than they end up saying they are.
Nice skin, nice eyes, nice hair even - all very well, but the neck and jawline always gives it away i'm afraid.

Vanity
Narcissism

It is very attention-seeking, particularly when the poster doesn't divulge their age until around 100 posts have passed!
I must admit though, that the comment 'well, you have more wrinkles than me, so I guess __ (insert wildly increased age)', makes me want to smash the person's face in I mean, there's no need to be rude about it.

I always wonder if they're stolen pics of someone they don't like, hoping for a pasting.

If I wanted to be insulted about my appearance I can just ask my DC or DH rather than out myself on an anonymous forum!

They all want you to say they look 25 when they’re at least 40 but it never usually goes that way.
A small child asked me if I was my DD’s childminder the other day and I said I was her Mum. She was shocked and said I don’t look old enough (I definitely do) but hey ho, validation from a 6 yr old is all I need for an ego boost!

Almost everyone thinks they look younger than they do.

I do work out people’s ages based on whether they look older or younger than me based on wrinkles, as I’m most familiar with my own face.

My ex boyfriend used to do this. Until one time he asked a drunk woman and she told him he looked like a fugly 40-year-old munter. And she was right!

Fishing for compliments

Who cares what a bunch of people you don’t know thinks about what you look like or how old you look

It’s very needy