When you look in the mirror. . . .

[Gary Mitchell]

^ love that.


I have never liked what I saw in the mirror, and still don't. But I will be turning 50 in just two months, so....kinda over it.
I have embraced the philosophy of Popeye (no, not the beating the crap outta people part) : "I am what I am and that's all that I am."

There's nothing wrong with self-improvement; I'm trying to eat healthier and not stress myself out over unimportant things. It's always wise to at least be aware of what you can do better to keep yourself healthier and happier. However, people have been telling me that I'm ugly since I was about 5 or 6 years old. I'm over it. I just do what I do and the rest of the world can suck it.

I think I remember seeing a picture of you awhile ago. You're not ugly.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I have no issues with the mirrors in my home, i have of course removed all reflective materials from them before they are hung and that seems to have helped immensely.

 

[RandyS]

We know from an early age that the gray and wrinkles are coming, but they always seem to arrive unannounced.

Funny.

And MUCH sooner than expected.

 

[Stephen!]

Are you happy with what you see ?

Appearance looks Ok now. Finally seem to be rid of the annoying acne problems that occured during twenties.

 

[auntiehill]

I think I remember seeing a picture of you awhile ago. You're not ugly.

Thank you! But yeah I kinda am. I have a few good moments, though.

 

[Delta Vega]

They say that men grow into their looks, and that's true to an extent

And then we get fucking old

 

[Lord Garth]

I dye my hair. I've been dyeing it since I was 25. So for about 15 years now. And I'm pretty obsessed with keeping in shape. So I'm safe until whenever I start getting wrinkles.

 

[think]

the second image is a mirror but my skunk line gray streak is on the left.. which I like very much.. IDK gray streak is cool imo but like the mirror I never really use why do I need to look at myself? what am I to see... the spinning spirals of rainbows gets old fast when it is there as part of my face... I have grow to not want to watch my face or "hallucinate" on my face.. I just don't back in the 80's and 90's I would stare for hours at the mirror like say Jim Morrison had done for some reason I thought .. he was in my head some how singing just to me. LOL I don't cut my hair as.. I have better things to buy with 20$ for now I have stopped shaving as razors are too damn expense every other month but ,,, I like my image none the less it is me.. now that was said I will back read some of these posts in here --- I saw the bilbo post that was what my friends and I thought about me my nic-name bilbo or billy or billy brain.. things like that as a kid.

 

[galleywest]

I actually usually like what I see in the mirror. I'm not the most attractive person in the world but I work hard to be healthy and I decided early on that my reward for that was that I wasn't allowed to feel bad about my appearance. Some days are better than others, of course (who doesn't have their bad days?), but usually I feel fine about what I present out to the world. I know that my heart health and my fitness level are good for my age (early forties) and am dating a man 8 years younger than myself that I can keep up with, so I'm good with who I am.

 

[Delta Vega]

And I need a haircut too . . . .

 

[Redfern]

I'm just happy that I still have a thick mop of hair (upon my scalp, thank you) as I approach 57. My father was balding in his twenties. And, to my pleasant astonishment it's still mostly "near" black with just a few random strands of grey. Eh, the grey doesn't bother me. If I were to wake tomorrow morning with a scalp full of snow white hair, that's fine with me, just as long as it stays put.

 

[Delta Vega]

I've got this far with a full head of hair, my dad at 81 still has his hair, but this last 6 months I've started to thin on top.
I'm well pissed off that I've got to 58 and now STARTED to go bald. Being bald in old age isn't my issue, it's the fact that I got this far and now, in a cruel twist of fate, I'm losing my mane.
If it had happened twenty or more years ago I would have been fine about it.
I do like my formerly black hair being all silver, almost white, like Andy Warhol

 

[DimesDan]

I was camping last week, even though we had showers and washing facilities on site, very few mirrors, so I went a few days without shaving and looking in a mirror, but when I did look in a mirror, I was amazed at how much I look like my father.

 

[publiusr]

I had great hair--I looked like Michael J. Fox.

Now I look like Eisenhower.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

my favorite selfie

 

[Turd Ferguson]

I'm 39, will be 40 in September, and I'm pretty happy.

Up until 32, I led a pretty sedentary lifestyle, pretty much playing video games nonstop. At this point, I decided to start hitting the gym. I was 250 lbs. of fat. Gradually, I've put on a lot of muscle, but still hovered around the 250 lb. mark. Four months ago, I decided to stop powerlifting, started focusing more on lower weight, higher reps. I also started throwing in 30-45 minutes on the elliptical four to five days a week. Now, I'm right at 225 lbs. I still have a bit of a gut to lose, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was.

I'm also starting to notice some wrinkles. No big deal. You can't see them from a distance. I was going prematurely bald since my mid-20s. Four years ago, I started shaving my head. Now I never have to worry about going gray or bald. It's exhilarating not having to worry about it. Also, shaving your head is like being in a club. I walk by other guys who shave their heads, they nod in approval or say "Nice haircut!"

So, right now, knocking on 40, I'm in better shape and happier than I was in the entirety of my 20s and mid 30s. So, I'm definitely happy when I look in the mirror