The Family Fountain Of Youth...

It is lovely isn't it when this happens, I am always delighted at the shock reaction I get when I tell people my age, they can never believe it!! My Mum and Dad do not look their ages either, so I must get it from them, the only thing that I need to mind more is making sure that I keep suntan lotion on my face in summer, to stop that sun drying it up. I have to laugh, when I see people that I used to go drinking with who are the same age as me, especially men they always look about 10years older than they are. A lot of people I know have aged terrible.

I get told that I look younger than I am.. That's always a good thing to hear isn't it?

Your mother does look younger then what you said mid 40s. My mom is the same way she looks like she is in her mid 40s. She can't be that young I am 35. I still have to show my I.D somerumes for cigerattes. I use to get mad now I am glad they want my i.d..

Twoey, Some people say I do, but I do not see it. when I look in the mirror I see every year. its always nice to get a compliment from someone who has no ulterior motive isn't it? I am answering this post from my email so I can not see your picture yet. I will when it gets posted.

I am a senior citizen but have been told by a lot of people that I do not look as old as I am even one of my doctors said that last time I was in the hospital. My mom always looked younger that her age while my dad looked even older than he was. I think mymoms and my looks come down from the richey side where they all looked young for their ages and lived to be really old..

Twoey..I'm going to be 57 in August and people say i look alot younger..makes me feel better..I just try to take care of myself and hope that i continue this way for at least another year or two..would love to be a young 60 yr old!

I am 33 years of age will be 34 on July 5th this year. I have been told on several occasions that I don't look my age but younger. It does make me feel good to get told that. I don't know if it is due to hereditary genes or not, my mom is 61 and when she puts her make on and her teeth in she does seem 10 years younger then without. I will post a pic of me and my little 7 year old sister. I don't feel as though I look to much younger then I am. When I was yonger I was always told I looked older 14 and looked 18.

I used to stump people of my age but I think since the operations it has got up to me my mom always looked younger than she was but the stroke got her to looking her age

People used to think my eldest daughter and I were sisters...there's only 17 years between us so I guess that's fair enough. But now, I look heaps older.

I actually think that I look my age. My husband says that I look younger, but I do not think so. I used to work with a girl and I was in my 20's and she was in her lower 30's. She had all gray hair at such a young age. It made her look alot older than what she was. She was a very kind person to me though. I liked her and her family alot. She was the only one in her family that grayed early.

Yeppers, when hubby was 55 he still looked 30, but now he only looks 20 years younger than he is, lol, he must be aging. Me, too. Age is just a frame of mind.

I was asked for ID the last time I went out (to by smokes), and this lady actually knows how old I am! lol. I thought she was pulling my leg, but she said she had to check all the same, as my husband has been the one she normally serves, not me. Oh well, her husband said he already saw mine ages ago and that he was satisfied of my age. My mother (adoptive) is in her mid 50's, but you'd swear she was only in her late 30's!!!! If I could be that lucky!!!!!!!

hi twoey68 I am 81 but everyone tells me I dont look eighty so guess I dont. I eat healthfully and get some exercise.also I do various things to keep my brain cells occupied like cryptquote and cross word puzzles, and reading, and my lotting like crazy.I am young at heart for sure.All my family looked young for their ages

Hehe.. yes I look much younger. I wish I didn't because I don't think looking younger is necessarily a good thing - unless you are 45 and look 30. I posted in another discussion about not fibbing about my age and stated that it causes a host of problems. Well, it does. I get carded all the time. I actually got carded buying movie tickets once, and the most ridiculous part was that I was treating my brother to a movie. My brother is 11 years younger than me. I got carded and he didn't! I believe I was over 21 at the time, in fact I was probably 26, and he was FIFTEEN! Then there was a horrible day at Target. I was christmas shopping and I had both of my daughters with me. My older daughter had taken off for awhile to go look at things, younger daughter was probably about two at the time. I was down an aisle looking at something and some lady walks over and asks me if my baby is my sister. I told her no, she's my daughter and then she proceeds to tell me she thought I was about fifteen. Then my older daughter comes back and I inform the lady that this one is my daughter too. The lady gets all weird with me, acting like I can't possibly be the age I tell her I am. Then after she has completely infuriated me, she tells me that I should take it as a compliment. COMPLIMENT?? That she thought I was 15? Hello, what 15 year old do you know with a cart full of christmas gifts, two daughters - one a teenager, wedding rings, car keys, and a purse full of things? If this only happened once in awhile I might be understanding, but it happens often, and people get rude about is, as if I'm lying and they know it. I've also received phone calls where someone actually says 'is your mommy home' - not recently but within the last 10 years! When I say sternly 'I AM the mommy', it usually gets greeted by silence!

I always tended to look a bit older then my age, especially when I was younger... which at the time was a bit of a plus, although the first few gray hairs at 25 was a bit disconcerting. Now I guess I just look like any other guy my age. I thought your mom chased dinosaurs in her youth...

Its wonderful twoey,you have good genes..I was also born into a family with good genes,some people are not so lucky...I am sure it made you feel good hearing this,i know it makes me feel good when i tell people my age and they say "NO WaY!

I have been lucky cause as far as I can remember I have always looked younger than my age. Of course as a kid that really bugged me as a teen or young adult. My youthful appearance was a result of good genes. My family all looked young for the greater part of their lives.

Good for you, is nice to get compliments like that. Yes some people always look young and it appears that age goes slow with them. I'm in my forties and everyone thinks that I'm the older sister of my sons. It feels good when you still see guys looking at you. I'm always smiling ,so I think this might have something to do with looking younger.

I was told about 5 years ago that I looked 25 and I was 40 at the time. I know my Mom looked younger than what she really was too, so I guess I got it from her and from healthy living..

In my famaily , some of us look our actual age, that would be me. Although alot of people tell me I look younger, I think they are just being nice.But my younger sister Jackie, she is over Fourty and doesn't look to be more then 35. Plus my two oldest sisters, I think both look older then they should. So I am not sure why that is , but our gene pool is all mixed up lmao.