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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 09:29 PM
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I'm 47. Am I supposed to look like this?
This guy says he's 46. I don't think I look that old, but I'm a year older than this dude. What's the problem here? Do I not worry enough? I met a couple at the beach this weekend. They were gray and wrinkly, but both of them were in their mid 40s, both younger than me. It's getting kind of embarrassing the fact that I don't look my age. Would this change if maybe I started acting my age first?

This is what I look like now ==>

In more casual moments I look more like this

I may have been a mere 46 when this shot was taken.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 09:32 PM
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1. Too much sun will age one really fast. So too smoking or a hard life.
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 09:40 PM
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2. Oh, I don't know... I'm only 32, am I supposed to look like this?


'Course, I've been rode hard and put up wet one too many times for sure. :P
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Zorra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-24-11 10:42 AM
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26. That's about normal for a musician at 32.
;-)
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-11 09:44 PM
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3. Taco salad.
That's my answer and I'm sticking by it, goddamnit.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:48 AM
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4. I tried to buy a child's ticket into a museum last week. I told them that I may not look eleven but
I can act really immature. They all stared at me in a bored and vacuous way, as if they'd heard this story before and weren't buying it
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 03:29 AM
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5. You're cute and no, you don't look 47.
You've got that "smart guy" look.

More important: you're a funny, good DUer and I enjoy your posts. :hi:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 04:28 AM
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6. I am 54 and have yet to see my first gray hair
I can also still swim across lakes (OK I was 53 last time I did that, but it was a 5 mile swim). And I bet I could kick your 46-yr old ass. Yes INDEED! :D
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 08:31 AM
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7. genetics and life style will do it.
I'm 37 and pass for early twenties :hi: I get carded all the time.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 08:43 AM
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8. I look a little younger than I am too :)))))))
Part of it is how I act, I guess. People have a hard time believing I'm 40 when they see the corny way I sometimes act :blush:
I have a relative who's a few months younger than me but looks much older.
I'm TERRIBLE at guessing anyone's age, I won't even try it, ever.


You're lucky to look younger!!
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 09:08 AM
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9. Well, I wouldn't accuse you of lying if you said you were 47.
You've got one of those faces that is hard to pin down as to age. If your hair was grey you wouldn't get so much argument. My husband's like that. Until he began to go grey he got carded. Now, no.

You're a fine looking fella, 47 or 37 or 57.
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 09:11 AM
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10. I got carded all the time well into my 30's but something happened around 42.
Edited on Mon May-23-11 09:12 AM by Gidney N Cloyd
Middle age kicked in suddenly.
Still it always seemed to me like my married friends aged a little harder than I did. Must be the kids.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:01 PM
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15. yah! it stopped immediately when I was 40
I got carded a lot when I was 39. Then I turned 40 and it's never happened again :( Like all of a sudden it was official, I looked older.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 10:12 AM
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11. you look high as a kite...I do hear pot smoking keeps ya young
:smoke:
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 10:21 AM
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12. I'm 48 & people are stunned when I tell them
when people ask how old I am, I ask them to guess first. They are always wrong---they always guess mid-30s.

And I have gray hair all over the place (which I still color cuz I'm vain that way ;) )

dg
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 11:14 AM
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13. What is the source of that hippie freaking out?
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 12:01 PM
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14. Reddit yesterday
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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 01:26 PM
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16. I'm 46, too. When I went to my 20th HS reunion, I thought I was in the wrong place
Most people there looked waaaay older than I do. My wife thought so, too.
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Darth_Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 02:41 PM
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17. I look really young for my age.
:evilgrin:
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 05:49 PM
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18. 46
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 06:57 PM
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20. yo hot stuff!
and you got grown up kids, even? :o
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 07:29 PM
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22. My "BABY" turned 21 this weekend.
:cry:
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 07:36 PM
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24. ah you can still call him "baby"
and I bet he'd appreciate it a whole lot LOL

:pals:

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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 06:09 PM
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19. I just took this pic a minute ago - I'm 49


Do I look my age?
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 06:59 PM
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21. you'd pass for 30's, easy
:headbang:
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 07:31 PM
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23. You the awesome. nt
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-11 07:51 PM
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25. I have 10 years on you, but that guy looks like he could
be my damn uncle.

(I can't include a picture right now, so you'll have to take my word for it.)

Dunno why I still have all my hair, and it's still black; it's not like I've ever taken care of myself...must be the American Indian blood doing its job.

Redstone
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