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TraceyH · 12-31-2005, 01:57 AM

Zoe-Anne, you may get a cool award for being an extremely hip crafting mama!! I am 36 1/2 so I am right there with you and Rebecca!! I also get compliments on looking younger although #1 and #3 are giving me a lot of grey hairs and my face has really gotten some stress lines over the last 2-3 years. I love being in my 30's!! I feel so grounded and sure of myself although most days I look like a crazy lady with wild hair and mismatched clothes

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crazyestonian · 12-31-2005, 03:03 AM

Well, I look extremely young and having my hair braided sure doesn't help. 2 years ago when I worked at an elementary school where the oldest kids were in 5th grade I got confused with the kids and just a year ago when I went to see my dh at work they asked whether I am his daughter, lol. Can you guess how old I am?
Kris, you can't guess because you know

mom2kbeth · 12-31-2005, 10:39 AM

I know too so I can't guess

TraceyH · 12-31-2005, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyestonian

Well, I look extremely young and having my hair braided sure doesn't help. 2 years ago when I worked at an elementary school where the oldest kids were in 5th grade I got confused with the kids and just a year ago when I went to see my dh at work they asked whether I am his daughter, lol. Can you guess how old I am?
Kris, you can't guess because you know

I am going to say early to mid-twenties. If you are older than that then WOW, great genes!! I always think it is such a compliment to be thought of as younger, even when I was younger I thought it was great! Because I knew that as I aged, I would, hopefully, stay younger looking. But after 4 children (3 of them rambunctious boys and another baby coming), I am starting to look and feel a bit older!!

mcmrymoon · 12-31-2005, 12:53 PM

i'm one of the oldies too - 37! however - i am really looking forward to my 40s. that is MY decade!!!! my youngest will be 5 and i would easily be able to leave him for a weekend so i can rejuvenate!!!! in fact - i am already planning a "sista" weekend of nothing but organic, communal cooking, yoga, meditation and no *****ing allowed! i have a mountain house and that is where it will take place...2 or 3 years from now! LOL

huntersmama · 12-31-2005, 01:10 PM

I dont' mind looking young most of the time, it just bugs mne when i get the babies having babies speeches.

for the most part i think age is this silly number people become obsessed with, and it really means nothing. the only difference between me now and when i was 18 is hopefully I'm a bit smarter...and perhaps i can't pull a week of allnighters...but thats mostly because my kids won't let me

what freaks me out about turning 40 is that it means my kids will be 14 and 10, and i am sooo NOT ready for my babies to grow up

crazyestonian · 12-31-2005, 10:59 PM

I am 26. We live pretty close to a community college and past fall when I walked around with Liisa moving students, or rather their parents gave me some pretty horrid looks, lol. I look younger than those students, especially now since nursing makes me skinnier and skinnier and I don't use make up or anything.