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Post by puffy on Apr 17, 2018 13:03:35 GMT -5
Every morning when I shave some old man is looking back at me.I don't know where he came from or how he got in there.Any of you have a similar situation?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 13:04:47 GMT -5
Yes. I try not to look at him too much. He scares me sometimes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 13:07:59 GMT -5
Not quite, but am starting to see evidence of his approach....
Tip: if you shave only a couple of times a week, you won't see him so much!
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Post by mgtarheel on Apr 17, 2018 13:10:52 GMT -5
Grow a beard and you won't see him at all.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Apr 17, 2018 13:24:04 GMT -5
I'm with mgtarheel I avoid mirrors at all cost and I have this beard as an added firewall- though I have been noticing less blond and more white hairs in said firewall.. |
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Post by joeman on Apr 17, 2018 13:33:49 GMT -5
For me, it's more when I see a picture someone has taken of me. I don't purposely do so, but am always struck with the fact of looking my age.
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Post by haebar on Apr 17, 2018 15:38:02 GMT -5
I'm okay looking at mirrors; it's when I look at photographs of me that I am shocked. Age creeps up on you and then pounces. But in my mind I am still 40 something.
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Post by desolbones on Apr 17, 2018 15:47:49 GMT -5
I don't worry over the guy in the mirror...unless he changes or appears with friends, especially friends, they all try to talk at once.
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Post by richard on Apr 17, 2018 16:12:20 GMT -5
I shave in the shower! And the 12 year old in my head is completely perplexed by the shell he's wearing. And why all of a sudden it hurts.
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Post by Baboo on Apr 17, 2018 16:28:13 GMT -5
Every single day starts with a confoundingly depressing identity crisis... baggy eyes, scowling jowls, sagging double chin, all-white unshaven stubble... funeral might be tomorrow 😖... time for one last smoke😜...
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 17, 2018 17:25:11 GMT -5
Mirrors are nasty. Don't trust them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 17:42:05 GMT -5
You guys are killing me.🤡
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Post by trailboss on Apr 18, 2018 0:40:17 GMT -5
You guys need a mirror recalibration.
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Post by antb on Apr 18, 2018 1:54:22 GMT -5
I often get a fright when I spot this old unkempt codger in the reflection of a shop window....and then realising IT's ME  |
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Post by steveinny on Apr 18, 2018 2:12:42 GMT -5
The struggle is real. The music of my youth is now on the oldies station too.
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 18, 2018 2:17:06 GMT -5
The struggle is real. The music of my youth is now on the oldies station too. It sucks when that happens... |
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Post by Stanhill on Apr 18, 2018 3:25:14 GMT -5
The mirror's no problem; I just remove my glasses as I'm blind as a bat without them and no, I don't shave.  |
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Post by steveinny on Apr 18, 2018 3:40:19 GMT -5
Here is a very appropriate song by John Gorka that sums up the whole thing better than I could.
Lyrics for People My Age by John Gorka
People my age
Have started looking gross
I cannot say all
And I shouldn't say most
I've seen 'em in the grocery
I've seen 'em up close
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And People my age
Have started looking gross
People my age
Are showing some wear
There's holes where their teeth was
And their heads have gone bare
Their brains are shrinking
Faces sinking into fat
And as for the mirror
We won't be looking into that
People my age
Have started looking gross
Maybe not in Colorado
Or up the Silicon Coast
Back in Pennsylvania
I'd eat scrapple on toast
Those were my first steps
On the road to looking gross
People my age
Are looking overripe
Some are getting operations
To tighten up what ain't tight
What gravity's ruined
They try to fix with a knife
What's pleasant in the darkness
Is plain scary in the light
Gross
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Post by Wolfman on Apr 18, 2018 5:45:36 GMT -5
I’m beginning to not recognize the man some days.
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 18, 2018 8:54:01 GMT -5
The gray hair bothers me the most. And the beard is gray too, so that won't help. People tell me that I don't look my age, which is the best one could hope for.
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Post by Legend Lover on Apr 18, 2018 9:23:02 GMT -5
The gray hair bothers me the most. And the beard is gray too, so that won't help. People tell me that I don't look my age, which is the best one could hope for. As long as they don't mean you look older. |
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Post by Baboo on Apr 18, 2018 9:38:17 GMT -5
Truly odd... and a tragic case of self-denial and warped perception: my mirror image does not resemble my self-identifying mental image at all. Photographs of me feature offensively nightmarish imposters and should be censored and burned... what's a ghastly ghost to do?!?!?!
😱🤯😬💀🙈🙉🙊
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Post by antb on Apr 18, 2018 9:41:52 GMT -5
Truly odd... and a tragic case of self-denial and warped perception: my mirror image does not resemble my self-identifying mental image at all. Photographs of me are downright nightmarish imposters and should be censored and burned... what's a ghastly ghost to do?!?!?! 😱🤯😬💀🙈🙉🙊 Not odd at all, mate.  |
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Post by richard on Apr 18, 2018 9:56:31 GMT -5
The gray hair bothers me the most. And the beard is gray too, so that won't help. People tell me that I don't look my age, which is the best one could hope for. Shoe polish Ron. And the Cards took down the Cubs at Wrigley last night  How are the Astros doing. I haven't looked in a while. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 18, 2018 11:30:31 GMT -5
The gray hair bothers me the most. And the beard is gray too, so that won't help. People tell me that I don't look my age, which is the best one could hope for. Shoe polish Ron. And the Cards took down the Cubs at Wrigley last night How are the Astros doing. I haven't looked in a while. Losers. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2018 12:44:35 GMT -5
The gray hair bothers me the most. And the beard is gray too, so that won't help. People tell me that I don't look my age, which is the best one could hope for. I started going gray in my 20s, like my dad. People thought I was older than I was for a long time, or just couldn't tell.... but now that I am starting to look older, it depends on the gender of who I'm talking to. Men seem to think I'm older than I am, and I get comments like "us retired guys" or "people our age" when the guy is really old enough to be my dad. It's worse if I'm unshaven. But women seem to think I'm younger, and I often get comments like "Wow! I love your hair! Is it real?" As if someone would go through all the effort of trying to have prematurely gray hair  . Then again, this is Santa Fe, Land of the Cougars.  |
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Post by papipeguy on Apr 18, 2018 16:40:15 GMT -5
I always ask the image, "What the hell happened to you?"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2018 16:44:30 GMT -5
I don't worry over the guy in the mirror...unless he changes or appears with friends, especially friends, they all try to talk at once. Okay, most memorable Avatar of (close to) all time. I grow a beard and use a barber's electric clipper to cut it close when it gets to about six inches. My meds and weight now make me not even recognizable to my avatar. I just post those because I remember me "when" |
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Post by Stanhill on Apr 18, 2018 18:04:38 GMT -5
The gray hair bothers me the most. And the beard is gray too, so that won't help. People tell me that I don't look my age, which is the best one could hope for. I wish that my hair would turn gray, as I think it looks great, but so far, no such luck. My hairdresser says that she's has only seen a couple or three and then she lets rip. My beard has turned white, so why the @£$€ can't the rest of the hair follow suit..? |
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Apr 18, 2018 19:38:15 GMT -5
...mirrors don't bother me...I earned every wrinkle and grey hair I have...
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. Then again, this is Santa Fe, Land of the Cougars. 
