Botox anyone?

[shootingstar]

Maybe it's because I was never a "babe" and appearance is something I've decreasing cared about as the decades have passed. I'm now focused on ensuring I stay healthy, strong, and active.

I'm not a babe in appearance either, even when I was in my 20's. Alot of men only noticed me...when there were no other women around to distract them. Seriously.

So I've lived several decades of life just living in the shadows of the sexiness and stunning beauty of other women.

I don't like looking tired...and it's more pronounced since my sister's death and plus other stuff. But I have my general, overall good health where already women just a few years older than I (@53 yrs.) are starting to get arthritis, etc. The latter, my health and mobility is much more important to me and where I would spend time, energy...and if necessary, money, where the public medical insurance will not cover. Great health and fitness is always fashionable, always younger than your age --well my philosophy.

I look at the photos of my mother at the same age I was: it's a difference because she had the physical effect (on her body) and stress of raising 6 children. So by default, I am already younger looking: I never experienced that same magnitude of physical impact, energy expenditure and stress since I never had children. (It's nice to talk about the joys of parenting, but with many children there is noticeable stress at various times. I witnessed too much of it.)

I treat myself for vanity... frequent haircuts. But I am barefaced without make-up when I am at work in the office...for the past few years. So someone like me, wouldn't see botox in part of my arsenal.


As for what my partner thinks: he's relieved I'm a small woman at my age. I'm not kiddin': it means less sagging. He's relieved I don't wear perfume..because he's allergic to any fragrance in soaps, lotions, etc. He's never once told me I should get rid of my tired look. I have this feeling it's like seeing wallpaper to him, he's so used to it he doesn't truly notice most of the time.

He enjoys having a partner who bikes with him, among other things.

Note: I made the initial comments earlier in this thread, because the forums do get trolls and spam. It's noticeable when members don't introduce themselves and talk about their cycling first. (Let us know if you introduced yourself already.)