Looking at self in mirror & forgetting as one ages?

[missjean]

I think when it takes me by surprise the most is catching my reflection out in public. Like a store front window, or randomly placed mirror.

Oh boy, this is true for me too. My bathroom lighting is flattering, so when I go out and catch my reflection .

Does anyone remember the tv show Soap? Katherine Helmond played Jessica Tate, the older woman with the red hair - I always remember a scene where she was explaining the importance of, as you age, keeping your head leaning back. She explained that, because your shin was getting loose, if you leaned forward, all your skin would fall forward and you would look old and wrinkly; but, if you leaned back, all you skin would fall back and the wrinkles would flatten out & you would look younger.
As she was explaining this, she held her head almost upside down over the man she was talking to, then flipped around so her head was almost laying in his lap looking up at him, and said See? I look younger!