Over on his blog Nick writes that an American magazine has decided to stop using the phrase anti-ageing as it suggest ageing 'is a condition we need to battle'.
It always surprises me to realise I'm getting old. I am oblivious to it most of the time. It's only when I happen to be wearing my glasses and glance in the mirror that it strikes me afresh. A visit to the hairdresser's, where you are obliged to sit and look at yourself under bright lights, is worst of all. If my face creeps downwards any further it will - I was going to say 'catch up with my boobs' but I realise they too are on the downward trek and ne'er the twain shall meet.
I confess I would like to be rid of my saggy jowls. But then I think: actually my eyelids are very heavy too; and those little creases in between my eyebrows make me look grumpy; and the bags under my eyes are packing cases. Let's face it, I am sixty-five and I've never paid huge attention to my skin or had a daily facial routine. I've washed - with soap which I discover is skin's enemy - and used Oil of Ulay, and that's it.
I do remember my mother's advice: always pat gently around your eyes and use upward movements when applying cream to your face. I remember the advice; I just never used it. Little wonder then that, although I like to think I look young for my age, my skin tells a different story.
It's the fact that the ageing of my face makes me look grumpy that upsets me most of all. I'm not a miserable person. On the contrary I'm a jolly little bunny. So to have my face telling lies is very annoying. I am trying to get into the habit of keeping a Mona Lisa smile on my face but I fear this just makes me look demented.
Oh well. Husband loves me as I am so all's well with the world.
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Awareness of physical ageing isn't made any easier if you have one of those jobs where you're on the scrap heap once you look "too old" - like news presenters and models and cabin crew. You must be constantly worrying that your days in the job are numbered.
That's true. Those who work in radio must be grateful. We're watching on Netflix Unforgotten, a BBC series from a couple of years ago. there are lots of famous faces in it but mostly I am amazed at how old Hannah Gordon looks. Of course she is old and maybe it's make-up but she definitely hasn't had any surgery. I somehow expect people on television to stay the same. Tom Courtney is in it and he has always looked the same.
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