Saturday, June 21, 2008

Re: "52-year-old guy here, looks mid-30s tops"

When I'm in a particularly cunty mood and encounter a queen such as yourself who has deluded himself into thinking he looks "10 years younger" (though in your case the delusion pushes even further, close to the brink of 20 years) and asks me how old I think he is, I tell him and am usually right on mark plus or minus a year or two. Here's why everyone, except maybe the stupidest twinks in the universe, knows you're 52:

1. The wrinkles. Unless you've Madonnaed yourself full of Restylane, Botox, Artefill and every other filler known to man, they're always -- and I mean ALWAYS -- a giveaway.

2. The skin tone. Skin naturally sags as one gets older. Even if you juice and have 20-inch biceps, the amount of collagen in your skin goes down year by year. Even if you're in fantastic shape with less than 10% bodyfat, I'm betting that if you looked in the mirror at your underwear line along your back, you'd see skin hanging over it. Unless you've had a lower neck lift, you most likely have some turkey-waddling going on as well. NO ONE in their 30s has that.

3. The hands. BIGGEST giveaway of all, and none of the celebrities who've had even the best and/or most extensive facial work done -- Michelle Pfeiffer, Sharon Stone, Nicole Kidman, Madonna, Cher, etc. -- can effectively hide their gnarled granny hands.


by: 36 and look 36 reply 7406/20/08 @11:46

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