{"id":89,"date":"2010-05-10T02:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T02:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckypalmer.thecomputerguy.bz\/2010\/05\/act-your-age\/"},"modified":"2015-11-11T21:13:54","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T03:13:54","slug":"act-your-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=89","title":{"rendered":"Act Your Age!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI take quite a bit of pride in not looking my age (I’m 38). I am partly blessed with good genes in that area- my mom doesn’t look her age and my grandmother didn’t either. The fact that I am “big boned” helps keep wrinkles at bay as well. But I do have a cluttered bathroom and shower full of a variety of lotions and potions that I use to try to keep up my youthful appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another reason I suspect that I don’t appear to be heading towards middle age at lightening speed is that I’m told I don’t act my age either. But I don’t really know how to act my age because I don’t know what 38 is supposed to feel like- I’ve never been 38 before! I don’t even know sometimes how to dress at my age! I know I’m not ready for the polyester elastic waist pants\/ wearing white tennis shoes with everything fashion department quite yet. I also know that I am past the age where I belong in 75% of the stores in your average mall. There is nothing in Abercrombie & Fitch that I want to wear- or that even comes in my size. So that’s a puzzle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I also know that I don’t have the same body I had 10 years or even 2 years ago. Certain parts aren’t exactly where they used to be. My hair is not as strong as it used to be. I need new glasses more often than I used to. My skin is very dry except for my face which has suddenly gotten really oily again. I suppose acne also helps me keep my youthful appearance but there is something just wrong about buying wrinkle cream and zit cream in the same trip to Walmart!
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I guess all I can be is myself. Whether that makes other people think that I am or I’m not “acting my age” is just going to be something they are going to have to deal with on their own.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I take quite a bit of pride in not looking my age (I’m 38). I am partly blessed with good genes in that area- my mom doesn’t look her age and my grandmother didn’t either. The fact that I am “big boned” helps keep wrinkles at bay as well. But I do have a cluttered bathroom and shower full of… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myself"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t