Aniseteph
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And here's me thinking of going back to uni...God knows what some people will think!:lol:
But do we care what "some people" think? Naaaah... :dance:
And here's me thinking of going back to uni...God knows what some people will think!:lol:
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And here's me thinking of going back to uni...God knows what some people will think!:lol:
When I was 43 (43, my god, a real aged crone), a sincere young (22)paralegal in our firm told me how wonderful she thought it was that someone my age could go back to school and learn a new trade.:lol:
so I don't feel I need to be brave when I dance. In fact I think I am damn right scary....:lol:..at 61..ooo nearly 62
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I agree, she looks really lovely and really happy as well
~Mosaic
I've been thinking about this one and have concluded that Old Age is a generational/cultural thing. My mother (bless her) and many of her generation used to keep us in line with the injunction "Act your age!" and were (are) very careful to do the right thing and to live up to society's expectations. At fifty she was an old lady looking forward to her pension and sitting in her rocking chair. She had a "cauliflower" hairdo, refused to colour her hair because only low class people do that; wore jumble (rummage) sale clothes that went out of fashion when she was 30 and the biggest event she had to look forward to in her week was church choir practice or maybe a couple of hours weeding her rose garden. She wanted to grow old gracefully.
My (our) generation (with exceptions) refuse to act our age and don't give a tinker's cuss about what society thinks. I've heard us referred to as the "Forever Forty" generation, it's our intention to grow old disgracefully. Many of us will fight the infirmities that age brings and will refuse to be certified as dead until the lid is nailed very firmly down on our coffins... which will probably shimmy slightly as it's lowered into the grave. :dance:
It's a matter of attitude.... and I think our generation has LOADS of attitude! :lol:
I've been thinking about this one and have concluded that Old Age is a generational/cultural thing. My mother (bless her) and many of her generation used to keep us in line with the injunction "Act your age!" and were (are) very careful to do the right thing and to live up to society's expectations. At fifty she was an old lady looking forward to her pension and sitting in her rocking chair. She had a "cauliflower" hairdo, refused to colour her hair because only low class people do that; wore jumble (rummage) sale clothes that went out of fashion when she was 30 and the biggest event she had to look forward to in her week was church choir practice or maybe a couple of hours weeding her rose garden. She wanted to grow old gracefully.
My (our) generation (with exceptions) refuse to act our age and don't give a tinker's cuss about what society thinks. I've heard us referred to as the "Forever Forty" generation, it's our intention to grow old disgracefully. Many of us will fight the infirmities that age brings and will refuse to be certified as dead until the lid is nailed very firmly down on our coffins... which will probably shimmy slightly as it's lowered into the grave. :dance:
It's a matter of attitude.... and I think our generation has LOADS of attitude! :lol:
Grandad you are so right! There is no way I will 'grow older' gracefully, it is disgracefully or not at all! Gotta have the coloured hair, a little bit of deep purple or blonde, or cherry red highlights sometimes and if I had the money I certainly would do some cosmetic touch ups - what is the use of having all that medical knowledge out there and no one use it!
I know that some people say you should stick with whatever you have got, but we use makeup to 'improve' what we have or to hide that which we dislike, so I say if cosmetic surgery/restylane/or botox etc can be afforded then go for it! Next year I am going to brave those tiny needles have have some restylane in the crags and crevasses forming in my face. I was going to do it this year but chickened out:lol: But have made an appointment for February and talked a girlfriend to come with me to hold this 'sukey-la-la's ' hand. If I had a bottomless purse I would tuck and lift everything:lol:
~Mosaic
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PS: Go out with a bang ... !
Hmmmmm...hang on a sec... *runs to PoetryPoem.com*
Here we go:
To Age With Beauty
To most, growing old is a frightful thing
that should be avoided with all one's being.
Science and medicine are presently engaged
in striving to retard the effects of old age.
However, in my opinion, it is better to face
the approach of one's twilight with dignity and grace.
It is useless to cling to unwarranted fears
of the impending encroachment of the latter years.
As I grow older, let the changes I see
in the mirror reflect how Christ would have me to be.
May the lines on my face be fearlessly caused
by the countless smiles I give without pause.
Let honor and wisdom in my life be seen
as the years kiss my hair with a silvery gleam.
May the passing of time sweeten my heart,
regardless if health from my body departs.
Lord, make me everything You would have me to be,
Let me be an example of aging with beauty.
November 25, 2002
This is really more about having a right kind of heart as we grow older (I have to admit to being guilty of coloring my hair, lol). I think it's more important to have a good attitude and a caring heart, no matter what age we are.
I hope to bellydance for many years to come, and I hope someday to become good enough to share that joy with others and do my chosen craft justice.
Kudos to all here who perform for other people, no matter what your age! :clap:
My reservations about plastic surgery are:
doctors are trained by tax payers to save lives not enhance the vain
my husband works in a NHS hospital and sees the results of bad plastic surgery
I actually don't like the look most surgeons achieve!
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This is my take on what a doctor should be too.
Surgery should be about saving lives not saving face.
Plastic surgery, in my opinion, should be left for those disfigured by accidents.
I love that photo of you Lizaj, you look beautiful and the lady (in her 70's?) in blue is lovely. And the lady in pink does not look 60 either.
My initial praise for Shanazel wasn't about her getting up on stage because she's an old gal but because she had such a long hiatus between performing.
And Shanazel says thank you for the kind words.
There is vanity and there is vanity. Where would one draw the line? Cleft palate deserves plastic surgery but ears that stick out through a person's hair do not because a person should just learn to live with the non-life-threatening defect God deals them? The girl with the nose the size of Texas should just suck it up and live with the taunts? The man who life dealt breasts a woman would be proud of should just deal with it? No accident, no deal?
There may be a lot of psychological damage lurking behind a person's apparently frivolous decision to have plastic surgery. Sometimes what appears to be saving face is saving a lot more. I have had plastic surgery twice. It changed my quality of life and peace of mind tremendously, and I am not about to make assumptions about whether someone else's surgery is frivolous or not.
My (our) generation (with exceptions) refuse to act our age and don't give a tinker's cuss about what society thinks. I've heard us referred to as the "Forever Forty" generation, it's our intention to grow old disgracefully. Many of us will fight the infirmities that age brings and will refuse to be certified as dead until the lid is nailed very firmly down on our coffins... which will probably shimmy slightly as it's lowered into the grave. :dance:
It's a matter of attitude.... and I think our generation has LOADS of attitude! :lol:
If you read my full post you see I balance my intitial gut response to cosmetic surgery...