Comments on: Benefits of getting older http://joltblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/benefits-of-getting-older/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:11:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ahunt http://joltblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/benefits-of-getting-older/#comment-1759 ahunt Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:09:19 +0000 http://joltblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/benefits-of-getting-older/#comment-1759 Thanks again. I remember well the days when I believed my worth was based in large part on my face. (Fucking adolescence.) Married very young, and post-kid #3, never had much time to think, let alone worry whether other men thought I was "worth it." Maybe because the BH never seemed to find any part of his social "status" in the "hotness" of his wife, I was free to make the effort only for him. Still do the 15 minute "fox-up" prior to his arrival home. You've given me so much to think about. Would it have been so easy for me to blow off public masculine opinion had I NOT been so secure in my husband's admiration? Would it have been so easy to accept the loss of tone and "breast mass" and so on? Dunno, and now that you've got me thinking about it, I'm leaning towards doubtful. It is a bit of "ouch" here, but again, I'm grateful for the eye-opener. Thanks again.

I remember well the days when I believed my worth was based in large part on my face. (Fucking adolescence.)

Married very young, and post-kid #3, never had much time to think, let alone worry whether other men thought I was “worth it.” Maybe because the BH never seemed to find any part of his social “status” in the “hotness” of his wife, I was free to make the effort only for him. Still do the 15 minute “fox-up” prior to his arrival home.

You’ve given me so much to think about. Would it have been so easy for me to blow off public masculine opinion had I NOT been so secure in my husband’s admiration? Would it have been so easy to accept the loss of tone and “breast mass” and so on?

Dunno, and now that you’ve got me thinking about it, I’m leaning towards doubtful.

It is a bit of “ouch” here, but again, I’m grateful for the eye-opener.

]]> By: CharleyCarp http://joltblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/benefits-of-getting-older/#comment-1752 CharleyCarp Sat, 25 Aug 2007 17:08:53 +0000 http://joltblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/benefits-of-getting-older/#comment-1752 There seems to be a correlation between an immature preference (only interest in women under, say, 35) and the unawareness of recent developments in understanding concerning the actual personhood of women (necessary to make such comments). I'm not sure how the causal arrow works. Rest assured, though, that the typical older man is thinking <i>Smokin'!</i> and keeping his yap shut. Feel free to be angry on either count. There seems to be a correlation between an immature preference (only interest in women under, say, 35) and the unawareness of recent developments in understanding concerning the actual personhood of women (necessary to make such comments). I’m not sure how the causal arrow works.

Rest assured, though, that the typical older man is thinking Smokin’! and keeping his yap shut. Feel free to be angry on either count.

]]> By: mythago performs a blog dance for your amusement - Wilfully invisible http://joltblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/benefits-of-getting-older/#comment-1750 mythago performs a blog dance for your amusement - Wilfully invisible Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:21:33 +0000 http://joltblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/benefits-of-getting-older/#comment-1750 [...] to ahunt for pointing me to Gangly Thoughts, and to a post about hitting that Certain Age where the invisible sign around one’s neck that reads ATTENTION ALL MEN: PLEASE COMMENT ON [...] [...] to ahunt for pointing me to Gangly Thoughts, and to a post about hitting that Certain Age where the invisible sign around one’s neck that reads ATTENTION ALL MEN: PLEASE COMMENT ON [...]

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