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Is 30 too old to be deemed conventionally attractive

140 replies

OneSnugLemonTiger · 09/10/2025 15:17

Or not

OP posts:
ibuprofenhead · 09/10/2025 17:37

Don’t be so fucking stupid OP.

spoonbillstretford · 09/10/2025 17:37

Eh?

MissDoubleU · 09/10/2025 17:38

ThatRealLemonCat · 09/10/2025 17:31

I am trying to figure out what kind of "aging signs" appear in your mid-20s when so many women are at their peak in their mid 30s

Yup. Literally every single woman I have ever met looks so much more beautiful and, yes, “conventionally attractive” in their 30’s.

Pretty sure “signs of aging” is literally just “growing up/becoming an adult” at this stage. Some people have right creepy mindsets.

spoonbillstretford · 09/10/2025 17:39

One thing I would say about being 50. I think I look great but then my eyesight is failing so who knows? 😅

Member869894 · 09/10/2025 17:41

What a depressing and frankly moronic post

shhblackbag · 09/10/2025 17:50

RobertaFirmino · 09/10/2025 15:23

The recently departed Jane Goodall, for example. She was still beautiful at 91.

She really was. Beautiful woman.

SpudsAndCarrots · 09/10/2025 17:58

Looks begin to slightly decline in general around 30, but plenty still look attractive well into 40s. It just takes a bit more effort usually.

IAmThePrettiestManOnMyIsland · 09/10/2025 18:32

Perhaps that's why the cut off was 30 in Logan's Run... So hideously ugly you must be eliminated.

WestwardHo1 · 09/10/2025 18:35

Attractive in what way OP?

ohyesido · 09/10/2025 19:27

Define conventionally attractive?

BitOutOfPractice · 09/10/2025 19:29

I’ve come back to this thread to say that I’ve never been “conventionally attractive”.

but I see this is a shit and run thread (x2) so what’s the point?

MadisonMarieParksValetta · 09/10/2025 19:33

I'm 40 and fuckin stunnin

OneSnugLemonTiger · 10/10/2025 22:02

This was how I feel about myself not others. And yes I had my first grey hair at 26

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MissDoubleU · 11/10/2025 10:40

OneSnugLemonTiger · 10/10/2025 22:02

This was how I feel about myself not others. And yes I had my first grey hair at 26

So? My sister turned fully grey at 14. She’s flipping gorgeous.

In fact, people pay thousands at salons for fully grey hair.

ChaToilLeam · 11/10/2025 11:02

I had my first grey at 17. Dyed it for years then embraced the grey at 49. Never had so many compliments.

AliceMaforethought · 11/10/2025 12:08

FurForksSake · 09/10/2025 15:49

High fashion models tend to retire late 20s or early 30s. Perhaps that is why you think that conventional attractiveness ends at 30. Of course your face and your body are changing, but it doesn’t mean you stop being attractive.

High fashion models often aren't conventionally attractive anyway. Some of them are downright weird looking.

KimberleyClark · 11/10/2025 12:10

Don’t be ridiculous OP.

Wishimaywishimight · 11/10/2025 12:27

Oh come on, you must know this is a nonsensical question! I'm 56 and, while being realistic, I'm pretty sure I'm not hideous.

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TheSlantedOwl · 11/10/2025 12:49

A lot of women are at their hottest in their 30s.

KawasakiBabe · 11/10/2025 12:51

GeorgeClooneyshouldhavemarriedme · 09/10/2025 15:21

Well I'm 57 and drop dead gorgeous.

So no.

I’m 58 and bloody stunning, I walk down the street and men swoon at my feet, it’s a burden I live with but it isn’t always easy.

persisted · 11/10/2025 12:58

I look better at 45 than I did at 25.
More money allows more regular hair and beautician appointments, better clothes. Not having to work three jobs helps, better rested and time to eat properly. I’m more relaxed because I don’t worry about what people think any more.
So anyone who disagrees can fuck off 😆

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Eyesopenwideawake · 11/10/2025 13:01

OneSnugLemonTiger · 09/10/2025 15:19

It’s more how I feel about myself

Who put these thoughts into your head?