Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
However, I have to admit...I was never "cool" or "hot" when I was 20 and was rarely comfortable in my skin. But I had a confidence that pushed me past that and that's what got me multiple job offers when I graduated.
I think this is what my issue is. People who know me in real life would never guess that I have this internal insecurity. It's also never held me back in my career, but it manifests itself in subtle ways one of which is my ability to project 'hotness'.


Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
Did you ever switch over from wanting to be thought of as older, to wishing you were younger?
I think I might be getting to this point, but it's not due to how I look (yet). It's mostly because I don't recover or heal as well as I used to!

I actually still get mistaken for being younger than I am. It's not quite as pronounced as it used to be (up until the past 5 years, people truly thought I was still in my 20's). BUT, my lifestyle is such that what I look like means next to nothing to me. It's important that my husband is attracted to me, and it's important that I'm presentable at work...but other than that, I'm never even in social situations where what I look like matters anymore. Though, it's this same lifestyle that dictates that I am often dressed like a bum, wearing ugly shoes, covered with mud, wearing a baseball hat (or a bandana) and totally without makeup. If I can look, at the very least, unoffensive under these conditions, I figure I'm doing ok!