One thing I think the entire world has in common - we always "think" we look younger than we are. I just had my refrigerator repair man ask me to guess his age (I hate that question!) and that NO ONE ever gets his number correct within 10 years. Now, I'm usually pretty good at this, so I guessed 5 years younger than I actually believed, to make him feel good. " 60?" Wow, he was not happy with that..see he is 55 and thought I would guess 45. Oops...I sure didn't make his day. But that's the point, we all want to be perceived as younger than we are...and my hunch is that only a very lucky few do.
So, at my dance studio the other day (yes, I've started ballroom dancing, having the best time!), some friends and I were commenting on the ages of our instructors. My young, cute, hips-don't-lie, instructor is all of 24! I could easily be his mom, and I'm fairly certain he has no idea that I'm exactly his years times two. Or does he? Yes, I'm just like the rest of the world and think I look younger than I am, but to a 24 year old, I'm sure I look all of 48 and then some. You know what? He'll never really know...I swore my dance friends to secrecy. And, didn't I begin this blog to embrace the coming of the big 5-0? Hmm, yes...but apparently not to young, cute, hips-don't-lie dance instructors.
Hey, even Barbie turned 50 last year...
3 comments:
Love it. You should definitely be the poster child for the "New 50" -- which of course is something like 40 or 38 these days.
Hmmm, a "Dior girl" -- you do look French.
Hi Beautiully50, thanks for leaving a comment on my blog - love this post, the whole premise behind my blog is based on this idea. The fact that after a certain age you can't quite believe/remember how old you are and are often embarrassed to say.
But there are loads of cool older people (like us!) - so we should embrace our age, and keep on blogging!
PS would love to hear about your Studio 54 days!
That's not my age - yes, you'll be hearing about those - still seems like yesterday! Love your blog!
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