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Fourty Something Women

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DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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oh my gaaaaaaaaaaawd thank you Cecile - - was just about to start another one myself....

:lol::lol::lol:

so what do we talk about now..... :lol:

okay everyone - don't post any more on the MEN - - - - - - - thread - - we are done with that......

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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no you did not but we don't care...... :lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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Um.. :unsure: just turned 50..can I come in? Lord knows I could use some help :D

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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come on in Patti, silly goose, of course you can come in.....

help...let's see.....my whole face has peeled off repeatedly and I look 15 years younger than I am! (that's what they said at the pub, anyway - they literally shrieked when I told them my age) :lol: try the tazorac, or a retinol cream - - very painful and unsightly at first, though :huh:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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OMG... yes Patti!!! I was just so nervous starting a thread... like I am responsible for it... :lol:

Yup, now you must bear the onus of help all of us 40-somethings.....ha ha ha

Now give us your beauty tips - besides swimming with dolphins - we don't all have those in our back yards ;)

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
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Um.. :unsure: just turned 50..can I come in? Lord knows I could use some help :D

:lol: LOl!-Me too (3 yrs short of 40) :ph34r:

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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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OMG... yes Patti!!! I was just so nervous starting a thread... like I am responsible for it... :lol:

I'd be nervous, too :ph34r: But don't be! This will be fun.

Now, about peeling off my old skin in order to be mistaken for 35.....(I added 5 years to Susan because I'm older to begin with--I can live with 35!) :P I need to do something--I've really been considering hyroquinone (I think that's how you spell it :blink: ) to fade the spots from the sun. Has anyone tried that?

I figure, if we can't always feel good, we can sure as heck LOOK good :lol: Like Billy Crystal used to say (in his best Ricardo Mantalbon voice) "It's more important to look maavelous, than to feel maavelous". B)

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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So, what was this stuff prescribed for Susan?

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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omg... I even spelled thread wrong... ohhh this sux... :lol:

I noticed that, but I didn't want to say anything :P

Love ya ;)

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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:lol: can you believe I have such bad anxiety about just starting a thread?

I sure can! Why do you think I almost never start one? I post all the time--on other people's threads! :ph34r:

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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I don't mind starting them, but some names just draw more attention. :P

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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Patti - - :lol::lol:

Carla - it's Tazorac cream, and my friend gave me the samples - she believes she has something weird going on on her TORSO skin - OMG - she is psychotic about it and keeps going to the derm - she's my best friend and I just shake my head - I told h er, as we age, we just get barnacles and stuff...you can't even SEE the stuff on her skin, it's more like a texture change. Anywho, she gave me the Tazorac (and all the other things that aren't working for her alleged condition) , I think it's prescribed for acne and aging issues....it seems to be behaving like a retinol cream but I still have some breakouts so am using it and sticking with it.

Patti - I have tried that bleaching cream for pigmentation - I actually think this stuff works better. But I probably didn't stick with the bleaching stuff as long as I should ahve.

Okay - rented a movie two days ago (Syriana) and should probably watch it...and it's Sunday, my farvorite day, and it's OVERCAST :rolleyes: (my favorite thing next to rain) and when it's a rainy or overcast Sunday....I am happy as can be.... :) (now that my climbing days are over....and the rocks don't need to be dry ;) )

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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Celia so glad to "see" you. I didn't like it when you were "invisible". :ph34r:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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OMG we're all here...and we can SEE each other....it's like old times.... :wub:

except that I gotta go watch my movie!

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Hmmm, my face is broken out right now ... the sauna seems to be drawing out the toxins as it's getting worse. Maybe I should go see a dermatologist now so I can get some!!

I'm actually usually mistaken for younger, but not 30! There was a guy at King's Island guessing ages and weights. My 16 year old son wanted a prize, so paid the guy to guess my age! :lol::lol: He was wrong! He was a kid, I was there with my teenager, and he guessed 36. Not bad.

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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Kids "washed" the cars (kinda) with a little loupha (how do you spell that?) and a finger nail brush. :ph34r: Mitch is not a very happy camper right now. :o I told him that they were just trying to help and to be thankful....I haven't seen the cars yet, but I don't think those would have scratched the paint. :blink: I hope not.

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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Andrea.....oh dear...... :o

Carla....remember, I don't have any kids - I've ALWAYS gotten more sleep than you have ;):lol: Maybe that's why they guess 30.....

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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Andrea.....oh dear...... :o

Carla....remember, I don't have any kids - I've ALWAYS gotten more sleep than you have ;):lol: Maybe that's why they guess 30.....

Yea, but I think some of your old boyfriends may have been worse than kids. ;):P:lol: I'm catching up on sleep now, I am allowed to do that still!

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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Yea, but I think some of your old boyfriends may have been worse than kids. ;):P:lol:

oh my god.....YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry::ph34r::lol:

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
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oh my god.....YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :angry::ph34r::lol:

Apparently I do!! We've gotten bits and pieces around here!!!

Although, my one son is such a liar, I can't stand it! I'll take any ideas!! Nothing I hate more than lies! Ugh.

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
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I see you Molly.

Are you learning about what life may be like 20-30 years ahead. :lol:

mouse Enthusiast
mouse
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Sorry to jump in as I am 24 years OVER 40. But, I believe I am 40 LOL. The stuff you used Susan, was it OTC? And does it get rid of wrinkles. When I got so sick 3 years ago, I went from 3 little wrinkles around each eye, to many. And I now have lots of wrinkles around the mouth. I suppose it is from the huge weight loss. But, I would certainly like then reduced. So Susan, does that stuff work for wrinkles.

rinne Apprentice
rinne
Posted

You may have spelled fourty but when I read fourty something women, I thought there were forty women who wanted to talk about something. :lol::lol::lol:

happygirl Collaborator
happygirl
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haha, ok, I'm not forty, but 25, but this random thread (spelled correctly) was too hysterical to pass up. This is why women are great-random conversations that a man doesn't want to follow, but we think is completely logical.

Ok, so what do 40 year old women talk about? (haha, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist).

And, Floridian, I hope I look as good as you when I hit 40!

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