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Do you tell your age?

I'm 59 years old and still dress and act young- its just the way I am and I don't see myself changing, even if I live to be 100. Yes, I do have wrinkles and saggy jowls and turkey waddle chin and neck but I am still 25 inside.
So I'm at work the other day and a middle aged woman came to my line and was staring at me a lot . Then she said "Do you tell your age?"
I was kinda pissed off because she was society's standard version of middle aged woman. Overweight, polyester conservative clothes and short pixie hairstyle. And here I am dressed in my normal hippie style, long hair, nose pierced, lots of tattoos, lifting heavy bags of groceries and cases of water because I lift weights every day. I could tell she was probably judging me for not trying to be like society expects women of a certain age to look and act.
So I told her I was 59 and she said " but you look and act so young!"
It was said in a judgmental way and I just wanted to say "you want me to cut my hair off and go play bingo with you?"
Nothing ruins my day more than people asking me about my age or weight or why I don't date or have a husband.
Cuz it ain't gonna happen.
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PhoenixPhail · M Best Comment
I'll tell my age if someone wants to know it. But I don't put any importance on it because it doesn't matter how many times the Earth has orbited the Sun since I was born into this body.

My beingness - my essence and personality - are eternal and aren't defined by anything Earthly. I'm IN the world, not OF it.
Mardrae · F
@PhoenixPhail beautiful answer!!
@Mardrae Thank you. And thanks for Best Comment. 🤗

Handfull1 · 61-69, F
I’m 67, maybe look and act younger, but don’t pretend I am. I’m happy for the knowledge and experience of those years! I’ve noticed this is the time in life where people really age differently for many reasons. Accepting of all!
CheshireAzur · 36-40, F
I'm 38 and look 25 and can party like I'm 21, but need to be in bed like I'm 60.
lonelyloner · 31-35, F
yes why not I will be 33 in this month few days later
be yourself and ignore the people who judge you....i'd rather have a beer with a person like you than that person who judged you. cheers and keep being you 🍻
ElRengo · 70-79, M
I have no problem about.
I´m getting near to 71.
SW-User
No, I wanna forget it myself why would I tell others...what I wanna forget 🤔
Mardrae · F
@SW-User exactly! I was shocked when the rude lady asked me if I told my age!
Nobody asks, except as identifying info. I have no living family or friends who know me.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
No problems saying I am 64! More or less have that in my about me if any care to do the date conversion. 🙃

Yet that's my personality! 😊
Virgo79 · 61-69, M
Mine is no secret, I'm 62
But i identify as 31😁
I can do that right?
Mardrae · F
@Virgo79 definitely!!
Ontheroad · M
I'm 76 and have the scars and wrinkles to prove it.
Ferric67 · M
I look much younger than my age 👍
Which I follow through with and act like the age I look like.
But, I like dressing in comfortable workout clothes...almost each and everyday...you just never know when you will find yourself in a push up contest.
666Maggotz · F
I’m almost 27 and I got my first “you look great for you age” comment recently and I nearly died inside 💀 the only way to change societies views of “older women” is to completely shirk their standards on what we are supposed to be. Eventually the norm will be changed.
Mardrae · F
@666Maggotz I love your way of thinking!
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
When someone tells me I act or seem young I go with "While of course , I'm a child at heart! Become adult and it's game over."
I’m 63, and it’s not a secret. I stopped listing it with my profile because it was too easy as an attacking point when someone disagreed with an opinion I expressed. Irl, my age was never really an issue until I let my hair go white during the pandemic. Before that people didn’t know—I looked the same for a long time.
Torsten · 36-40, M
37, in the best shape of my life and I dress somewhat my age i assume. Mostly jeans and plain tshirts or hoodies
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
she said " but you look and act so young!"
Take it as a compliment, never mind what she meant!
SW-User
Overweight, polyester conservative clothes and short pixie hairstyle

You sound way more judgemental than she was
Mardrae · F
@SW-User learn how to read properly. I said that is by society's idea of how the standard middle aged woman is supposed to look. Not mine at all.
SW-User
@Mardrae that’s how you described her
Mardrae · F
@SW-User again, read it correctly. I said that is how society expects women to look
SW-User
Overweight, polyester conservative clothes and short pixie hairstyle
I don't know people at all that fit this stereotype.
smiler2012 · 61-69
@Mardrae nothing wrong with being young at heart you know
DemureDeb · 56-60, F
Maybe you should have said that and put her in her place. Although, maybe you did the right thing by staying silent. People like that are so irritating. I'm almost 58 with long hair, and I go ahead and tell my age, and other than my aches and pains I feel younger than 57. I'm sorry that lady was rude. You just do you 🙂
I am 64 with the mind of a 20 year old and a body that can outwork most younger men. I am me take it or leave it
FreestyleArt · 36-40, M
I look young in my mid 30's. Sometimes I'll have a mind of 20's 30's or more....it depends on my mood swings.
Not on here, but I do in real life.
Patriot96 · 56-60, C
Youngster
Ducky · 31-35, F
Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M
sure im not old yet

 
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