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Feeling mischievous, let’s have a ‘guess my age’ thread...! 😂

469 replies

Destinysdaughter · 07/04/2019 20:30

Here we go, do your worst...😀

Feeling mischievous, let’s have a ‘guess my age’ thread...! 😂
OP posts:
Hazeintheclouds · 08/04/2019 21:12

Why would anyone not “do” their eyebrows? Confused

Calloway · 08/04/2019 21:13

Oooof, people really like to put the OPs of these threads in their place. She does not look 65.

Angeladelight · 08/04/2019 21:15

I’d say mid to late 40s but as OP hasn’t returned I’m struggling to see the point of this thread

MyKingdomForBrie · 08/04/2019 21:20

why would anyone not do their eyebrows

Really? You're really asking that?? I can't even get my head around the idea of thinking that shaping your eyebrows is some kind of totally universal interest that women have. I couldn't care less about the shape of my fucking eyebrows and have 'done' them maybe three times a year max, ever.

YemenRoadYemen · 08/04/2019 21:27

Why would anyone not “do” their eyebrows? Confused

FFS, Is it really that confusing for you? Said as someone who threads every three weeks. 🙄

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 08/04/2019 21:31

I was pressured into having my eyebrows "done" by a beauty therapist "friend" (turns out she wasn't so much!) and she overdid the waxing - never had them "done" again (and that was 20 years ago).

I don't have very dark eyebrows though - they're mostly fairly invisible - so I don't see any need.

Hazeintheclouds · 08/04/2019 21:57

If your eyebrows have thinned and faded, an eyebrow pencil is your friend. Threading or the dreaded slug brow I would never contemplate. However, the eyebrows frame your face and so some subtle use of a pencil restores that frame.

readyforbeddy · 08/04/2019 23:01

I think you looks young in face maybe 40, but that top and necklace is more like 55/60.

Ps I love your hair.

So my final age guess is 50.

TheGrey1houndSpeaks · 08/04/2019 23:15

God, now op is being told she needs to lose weight, as well as looking 65! A cautionary tale as to why these validation threads are a hugely bad idea.
I’ll gloss over the muppet who can’t understand why people don’t “do” their eyebrows, because it’s too inane for words...

TheGrey1houndSpeaks · 08/04/2019 23:16

Also, I think the usual form on these threads is that everybody else posts their own pictures and joins in. Didn’t happen this time.
Ouch!

Elllllle · 08/04/2019 23:24

The most interesting part of this thread is the eyebrow discussion Grin I disagree that tinting/pencilling or "doing" your eyebrows makes you look younger. It makes my nordic looking friends (those with naturally very pale hair and eyebrows) look bizarre. Mind you they are in their 30s. I hope we dont have to start slugging it up when we hit our 40s Grin

Greenglassteacup · 08/04/2019 23:29

What is the point of this thread?!!

TheGrey1houndSpeaks · 08/04/2019 23:31

God knows.

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 08/04/2019 23:33

Why anyone would open themselves up to the things people feel it's acceptable to say on these threads is beyond me.
Laughing at the eyebrows thing. Never done mine in my life.

Greenglassteacup · 08/04/2019 23:38

Ravi Shankar wants his top back

YemenRoadYemen · 09/04/2019 01:06

I suspect these threads are started by the people least able to deal with the brutal honesty that ensues.

I hope the OP is OK, and that this acts as a caution as to why these threads are an absolutely terrible idea.

I'd recommend asking MN to remove the thread before more people pile on to target more areas that you didn't even realise you should have a problem with.

I think most people would understand. This is so far from healthy it's untrue.

managedmis · 09/04/2019 01:07

Has she been back?

Fuck me talk about flogging a dead horse

managedmis · 09/04/2019 01:08

I think you looks young in face maybe 40, but that top and necklace is more like 55/60.

^

Diplomatic Grin

Sarcelle · 09/04/2019 06:23

The OP looks kind. Perhaps the people who have posted the spiteful comments could post their photos to see if their outer matches their inner.

GrumpyOldMare · 09/04/2019 06:42

Why would anyone not “do” their eyebrows

Because we don't want to? We're happy with our eyebrows?
Never ''done'' mine.

OP you look exactly like an old friend of mine I went to school with so I'm going to put you at 55

DeadWife · 09/04/2019 06:54

Sarcelle The OP didn't ask how kind she looked though did she? She asked people to guess her age. Very specifically.

Most people replying to the question were honest and not spiteful.

Unburnished · 09/04/2019 07:19

I’m wondering if OP was drunk when she posted this. Why would you post a picture of yourself on an open forum with years worth of posting history available too? Very outing.

Monty27 · 09/04/2019 07:28

At first glance I thought 36
Having read others' opinions, on closer inspection I think 56
I hope you're not hurt
But then you wouldn't have laid yourself to the vipers if you weren't proud of how you've aged.
You are very attractive no matter what age you are OP. Wink

Pianobook · 09/04/2019 07:29

She could ask for it to be deleted if she had a problem with the comments or her privacy if people link to her previous threads. Maybe she doesn’t mind and that is the type of person who would put up their photo.