Urgh!! to ageing :(

[madmomma]

Jeez how vile is it when you notice yet another sign of wear + tear?!
Today I discovered that I can no longer carry off the full fringe that used to look great, because it now makes me look mumsy/old.

Anything; ANYTHING I put under my eyes now emphasises the crepiness, no matter how expensive/sheer/light reflecting/supposedly blurring etc etc etc

"Hello there" to wibbly, foldy middle aged spread :(

Anyone else feeling the cruel passage of time acutely right now?

My DH has TERRIBLE eyesight and when he says I look beautiful

This is why I hide DH's glasses.

Mind you he is Italian and has an automatic reflex that doesn't allow him to say anything other than "you are beautiful" to the woman he is very slightly afraid of these days loves.

SuoceraBlues

My face is ok but my god, middle age spread is coming!

I just can't keep my weight down, it's very depressing. Before the summer I was running upwards of 30 miles a week and still gaining weeight

I had a break from running over the summer so now I'm even fatter

My back keeps going too. Never had back troubles before this year and now I struggle to get out of bed some mornings.

You know when you look down at an IPad and catch sight of jowls and creases?

Totally depressing.

I hate having to pop glasses on to read wine labels, and am thinking of buying a chain to put them on, to stop me saying 50 times a day "where are they?"

pssst MrsRobertDuvallHasRosacea.... they are on top of your head !

Well that's where mine usually are.

Ah I never put them there any more because they went out of shape!!!

It's the chin hairs that get me. Although I am approaching 40 and obviously look older than I did at 20, I'm in better shape now than I've ever been and wearing quite well. But those bloody chin hairs! I'm having to pay attention to them on at least a daily basis. What I really hate is when they're just too short to grab with the tweezers and so you end up playing with them distractedly like some sort of overly hormonal bond villain.

And veiny ankles.

I haven't had the white eyelash thing yet - that sounds scary. I always think I am nicer than I am. I go out feeling gorgeous then I catch myself in a random mirror or shop window and remember I am ancient. Have you ever spotted yourself in a mirror laughing or eating? It is vile.

Don't worry, gals, once you're over 65, none of it matters any more!

Yes I feel ancient. I turned 40 8 weeks ago. I have a hair thats wiry and rather pube like that sprouts from my chin! Where the hell it has come from I dont know. I pluck it out and there is no sign of it then BANG up I get one day and there the bugger is!!

My eyes look sad and old and saggy.

I have started to stress about clothes now as well. Terrified I look like mutton if I buy the stuff I like and feel like a frump in the stuff I feel I should be wearing.

My foundation has started to emphasis my wrinkles.

The worst insult and realisation I am growing old is the amount of hair that has started to sprout not just around the bikini line area but down the inside of my thighs! FFS!! Why????? Where has this beard come from? Its like someone has put weed and feed on my pubes. I am spending an absolute fortune in hair removal products these days.