Is 30 too old to be deemed conventionally attractive

[OneSnugLemonTiger]

Or not

Have you seen kylie minogue? Jennifer aniston?

I had my first at 16. It literally made no difference to my awkward teen looks!
People are answering your question in general terms though, because that's how you asked it. You didn't ask if you look shit at 30, you asked if 30 is too old to be deemed conventionally attractive and so people have replied that of course it isn't.
If you want people to say that you at 30 look terrible compared to you at 25, we have no way of knowing if that's the case or not. We can all say though based on our own experiences with getting older and through having eyes, that it is very unlikely that your looks have fallen off a cliff suddenly as a young woman.

Perhaps just assume you’re attractive. And get on with focussing on more important things in your life.

This hilarious 😂. You have given me a good laugh op. Personally I think I Improve with age but 🤷

I noticed my first greys at 24. It didn't even register as something I should be bothered about.

I've never been 'conventionally attractive' but I can't look too bad. I was chatted up by a 28 year old 3 weeks ago and I'm 51.

OP, being conventionally attractive says absolutely nothing about a person, their worth or their happiness.

I objectively looked my most attractive at around 37. Not my youngest but definitely best.

I was way better looking in my 30s than in my 20s

It breaks my heart that women internalise so much of the misogynistic rubbish that tells women they only have a short window of attractiveness. In actual reality, we know full well this is false! Women are beautiful and attractive and desirable at ANY age in adulthood and to think 30 is somehow the end (when it is actually just the beginning) is tragic and women deserve better. It is not your fault OP for believing otherwise, it has been taught to us from a young age and it is hard to unlearn. I would recommend maybe following some influencers, if you do social media, over 30 that will prove to you how young, vibrant and full of life you still are. Please don’t torture yourself. 💖

Oh bless you. I think asking this question shows how young you really are! Have you heard the saying ‘youth is wasted on the young’. It’s a tragedy really that many of us in our most gorgeous years, felt insecurity like this. I wonder how the replies are landing for you, as although I’m finding them funny, you might be feeling mocked and I think you’re just genuinely feeling a bit down on yourself.

Honestly, you are gorgeous. I don’t even need to see you. You know how you look back on photos from your teens and early twenties and think ‘wow I was more attractive than I thought’? You will do the same over the years as you age. You’re fabulous. Any voice inside that says other, can get to fuck, don’t let it waste any more of your time.

This sounds like either a red pill misogynist posting trying to plant worry into the minds of women so they settle for some mediocre man. Or a woman who has been listening to too many of those sort of red pill men that try to brainwash women into thinking they are expired at age 25-30.

On social media today I saw a man tell a 29 year old woman she was old because she was “10 years away from being a granny” .

Well joanna lumley looks beautiful! I think she's in her 80s now.likewise my glamorous cousin around the same age.this seems a mad Post.

Well, don't dare to describe yourself as "unconventional", whatever you do! I was savaged for describing myself that way on the recent autogynaephilia thread in the feminism section. I was even accused of possessing a typewriter! 😮

Perhaps it's ok to describe other people as "unconventional", though...?

If genuine, I think you’d have been better posting why you feel you look old at 30. You said you started noticing ageing at 26, that’s very young. Unless you are very unfit, awful diet, neglectful of your appearance, very sick, suffered abuse or using drugs, then you shouldn’t feel look or feel this way. 🤷‍♀️

I was going to ask how old you are. This is utterly depressing. I don't think I gave a single shit about how attractive I was or wasn't until I hit 40. Even now at 45 I'd struggle to say I care a great deal. I don't mean that I don't make an effort to look like I've not crawled out from under a rock, but I've not really given it much thought as to how other people see me. 🤔

I grew up without social media - do you think that social media is making you insecure about your looks? Maybe have a read of Katie Pipers autobiography.

Anyway, you don't 'need' looks, you need to find a purpose.

Beauty isn't tied to age. Some people are more beautiful as they age. There is a point when our youthful bloom reaches a peak and eventually the fact that we are on the downward slope shows up on our face (sad but true!). We may lose the male gaze at that point too. You have to readjust and it is a shock. But we can still be beautiful at any age.

But tbf OP is talking about conventional attractiveness.

That said, I'm only just past 30 and look the best I've ever looked. Still have nice skin and look young, and I'm in the best shape I've ever been. I've even got a six pack from the past decade of strength training.