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It donned on me today that crows feet, the lines that crease the corners of our eyes as we age, are beautiful. For a great many in the aging crowd, these lines are something looked at with revulsion in the mirror – the undeniable sign that time is casting its irreversible spell on their once youthful visage. There are a lot within this group who go to great lengths to have these lines blurred, to have them hidden so that they can continue on with the image they have come to associate with splendour.

It is all for not. These lines, I have come to discover, are not scars brought on by the toils of age – they are a testament to ones happiness, and the lines of their character and worth. Crows feet are the product of many sun pierced smiles, worked into the leather of retiring skin by the gentle hands of memories. I have found a love for them, these crinkled signs of a life well lived – I have found myself hoping that I will one day be a recipient of such magic.

I write this as a tribute for my 3000th post under this name, and in the spirit of aging, would like to ask that members herein post a description of what forms of beauty they find in the aging body.

:)

That's beautiful, and I'd have to agree. On the other hand, I know no old people, so I have nothing to really contribute...

Besides the fact that in old age, beauty comes second to sanity and mental capabilities.
Noone would like Johnny Depp if he was senile... well... maybe that would make him easier to capture as a sex slave.

http://thewakestore.com/catalog/images/Big%20Bump%20Fat%20Sacks.JPG

Surely someone has something to add!?!?! :(

Greying hair on men can look quite nice, the 'pepper' thing, that can't be faked.

Really? I actually have sprinkles of grey - and wish I didn't. 24 seems much too young for it, but I've been through a lot of stress over the last, well five years or so... I'm quite sure that is the cause. :(

I know a grey 15yr old and a bald 19yr old. Don't feel too bad.
And people who go grey early tend to keep their hair longer.

Phew! Thanks for that! Actually - I kind of hope to go all the way grey - kind of like a young steve martin, I dont know why but I always felt that it made him look rather sophisticated.

I think wrinkles add character. I know that I for one, am going to have major smile/laugh lines someday (I can already see them starting and I am just going to be 22 in 2 weeks).

When I see older people with lots of laugh lines, I know that they must have been (and probably still are) pretty happy people.

I think wrinkles rock.

Thats pretty much the way I look at it - I can only hope to acheive them. Its like a trophy that comes from living well. ;)

If a woman is in her late 20s, early 30s and she's just got these subtle crows feet, it is HOT. I don't like it when people spend too much time in the sun and their face starts to wrinkle and look like a topo map of Colorado though. I remember back when I was in highschool a very wise teacher of mine said, "When you get to my age, it's all about the MILFs."

Well, the ones I like have to be earned from laughter and smiles. That is why they call them laugh lines isn't it?

You can tell so much from a person's face. Laugh lines, frown lines, worry lines, all the little creases and wrinkles that tell you so much about a personality.

I have a fairly good poker face, but I have these laugh lines around my lips and eyes that show up no matter what I do. I can harden my visage like I'm mad as hell but you can still see the lines on my forehead are used to other emotions. My Sensei used to tell me that I did a good job of imitating a warrior's face, but he could tell I was laughing somewhere inside.

It seems the only time I can truly free myself from such teletales is by driving. I'm told my face is utterly impassive while driving; betraying no emotion or thought one way or another.

Anyway, its fun to study someone's face, you can tell so much by such subtle clues.

hmm. interesting. at almost 29, i should have surely by now, died of laughter. but, as i am typing this, i am obviously still breathing. due to genetics and the use of clinique, i havent a line on my face. i would like some, but alas- none. i am getting a bit tired of getting hit on by college guys, not because they want some wise old broad, but because they think i am a junior.

i think people get generally better looking with age- providing they dont tan all day or smoke three packs an hour.

As George Carlin once said, "When you are 50 the face you get is the face you deserve."

The right wrinkles and crows feet are HOT. The problem is knowing whether they are smile lines or frown/worry lines. I'm 30 right now, and fortunately I've always been attracted to women near to my age, so I don't have to be rich. Every once in a while I'll find a woman who looks good and wants to talk to me. Okay rarely. Anyways, if I make her smile and see the crows feet and smile lines really come out I get HOT. Of course you can't tell her this, most women freak if you point out a "flaw"

hmm. interesting. at almost 29, i should have surely by now, died of laughter. but, as i am typing this, i am obviously still breathing. due to genetics and the use of clinique, i havent a line on my face. i would like some, but alas- none. i am getting a bit tired of getting hit on by college guys, not because they want some wise old broad, but because they think i am a junior.

i think people get generally better looking with age- providing they dont tan all day or smoke three packs an hour.

I know the feeling about the mistaken age thing...
Last year I got sold a child bus ticket. 14yrs and under if they're in school uniform...which I wasn't.
Yet sometimes I don't get Ided for clubs, especially if I'm wearing my big black coat.
Yesterday someone said 'I didn't realise you were a senior' er...I've already graduated and am repeating...how old did she think I was?

I like this topic - can we at least get two pages before it slips into complete obscurity? :)

Please? Just a reply or something? Keep my dream alive!! :)

Um....caw?

I agree on the gray peppered hair. Also, I think the eyes are timeless. Have you ever seen the eyes of an elderly lady who's in her 70's-80's....and witnessed the glow that is still present after all those years? My grandmother looked like Molly Ringwald when she was 18 and her eyes were so beautiful. When she was 77...she still had those beautiful eyes. They were older and not as strong as they once were, but they were still as breathtaking then as they were 59 years prior.

The eyes have it :)

On the topic of eyes, I think this says it all (http://www.writingthejourney.com/images/sharbat.jpg)

The eyes are the windows to the soul.

The one on the left was a pic on a National Geographic wasn't it?
I think I remember seeing one at the dentists...

Oh....false dentures are bad.

It donned on me today that crows feet, the lines that crease the corners of our eyes as we age, are beautiful. For a great many in the aging crowd, these lines are something looked at with revulsion in the mirror – the undeniable sign that time is casting its irreversible spell on their once youthful visage. There are a lot within this group who go to great lengths to have these lines blurred, to have them hidden so that they can continue on with the image they have come to associate with splendour.

It is all for not. These lines, I have come to discover, are not scars brought on by the toils of age – they are a testament to ones happiness, and the lines of their character and worth. Crows feet are the product of many sun pierced smiles, worked into the leather of retiring skin by the gentle hands of memories. I have found a love for them, these crinkled signs of a life well lived – I have found myself hoping that I will one day be a recipient of such magic.

I write this as a tribute for my 3000th post under this name, and in the spirit of aging, would like to ask that members herein post a description of what forms of beauty they find in the aging body.

:)

I prefer the UML method of indicating cardinality, myself. Crows feet are a bit vague.

The one on the left was a pic on a National Geographic wasn't it?
I think I remember seeing one at the dentists...

Oh....false dentures are bad.
Well, the first picture, taken by Steve McCurry in Pakistan/Afghanistan in 1983. The eyes were quickly adopted as the defining photographic depiction of Soviet / Afghan conflict at the time. The second photograph, still with all of the wild raw fear - was taken ages later (just a couple years ago if I remember correctly) and is the same girl grown a woman. The wild untamed fear remains deep inset amidst the flecks of spiraling blue and green. Testament to both the tenacity of this aging woman, and of the torments of war. It took Steve as many years to find the girl (well, woman) again - the pictures have become the pride of National Geographic's astounding photographic history.

Really? I actually have sprinkles of grey - and wish I didn't. 24 seems much too young for it, but I've been through a lot of stress over the last, well five years or so... I'm quite sure that is the cause. :(
Wow we must be seperated twins. I am also 24 with a few evil gray hairs springing up around the ears. Till now I would just yank out the odd gray hair or two, but they are multiplying. I may have to start dying those little gray bastards.

I prefer the UML method of indicating cardinality, myself. Crows feet are a bit vague.
Haha! Ok, well, you have my attention - please define beauty in age using UML - I'd love to see it! :)

Wow we must be seperated twins. I am also 24 with a few evil gray hairs springing up around the ears. Till now I would just yank out the odd gray hair or two, but they are multiplying. I may have to start dying those little gray bastards.
I'm just letting mine go - I've sort of grown to like the way they look. :)

I'm just letting mine go - I've sort of grown to like the way they look. :)
Thats good that you accept the inevitable. Me, I refuse to age gracefully. At least the hair shows little danger of receeding or thining. Baldness is worse than death.

Thats good that you accept the inevitable. Me, I refuse to age gracefully. At least the hair shows little danger of receeding or thining. Baldness is worse than death.
Haha! Well, I suppose it could be considered so!

I don't think I'll have to worry about that for a great many years either. My hair is very thick and full, and baldness in my family seems to occur at a very old age anyway. As far as the appearance of aging though - I've come to decide that I don't care how my body ages so long as I come by it honestly and take the time to smile and laugh as often as I can while I'm getting there.

;)

cmon - a few more posts people! I like this thread! Humor me! :)

That is true. Eyes are the window to the soul. Most people ha ve pretty ones, too. Here's a post for you LM. ;)

Really? I actually have sprinkles of grey - and wish I didn't. 24 seems much too young for it, but I've been through a lot of stress over the last, well five years or so... I'm quite sure that is the cause. :(

That's normal. I'm 31, and found my first grey hair on my 26th birthday. I heard that even 21 is not abnormal in some families.

My mom was engaged to a guy who had a full head of rey hair by the time he was 22.

Being 32 and having grey hair (been going grey since 17), I find grey hair to be terrific! No crow's feet yet, but I'm sure it will come.

As for the question at hand ... I don't know. I'll have to get back to you on that one.

Originally posted by Keruvalia
As for the question at hand ... I don't know. I'll have to get back to you on that one.

I hear you, Keruvalia. when I first read the post I couldn't think anything like crow's feet I found visually beautiful. However, the idea behind aging is beautiful.

Phew! Thanks for that! Actually - I kind of hope to go all the way grey - kind of like a young steve martin, I dont know why but I always felt that it made him look rather sophisticated.
I started to go grey when I was in my early 20s. Mid 40s now and it's about half and half. Mostly still there though and I care about that a LOT more than the color. Hair coloring is easy :) Comb overs are not cool.

Here's another post to save your thread. :)

Thanks for saving my thread :)

@ all the people talking about grey hair: wow, thanks - I feel so much better now knowing im not alone *phew!*

Here's another one tokeep your thread alive.

Thank you again - thats very kind of you, really! :)

But unless someone actually posts on it, you might just as well let it die - it seems that the topic has not proven itself a popular one. There is not, I suppose, any purpose in bringing it back up here without any interest being shown in it.

Still, thank you! Thats so incredibly sweet of you to have done that for me :)

:fluffle:

I'm sorry. It seems that the popular threads are about politics, religion, or just spam. Mine are probably considered spam. They don't have any point. I heard you're going to walk Tink down the aisle. Congratulations! You were nominated in my thread 'NSers say the darndest things...'. It's going slow, but I think it will pick up. After all, Keruvalia's take some time, but people love them. Go vote on the poll!

I'm sorry. It seems that the popular threads are about politics, religion, or just spam. Mine are probably considered spam. They don't have any point. I heard you're going to walk Tink down the aisle. Congratulations! You were nominated in my thread 'NSers say the darndest things...'. It's going slow, but I think it will pick up. After all, Keruvalia's take some time, but people love them. Go vote on the poll!
Ok! I will - a little later, but I make my promise to you :)

no need to apologise though, I think its awesome of you to have rescued my thread - thats pretty darn nice of you :fluffle:

yw. You don't have to rush on the voting, as long as you do. It closes firday night. :)

its done :)

Thank you!!! :fluffle: