Replies to post #554914 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[fuagf]

Guess it could be seen as insensitive, though in the moment it felt more sensitive than that. You know the old saying, "don't judge a book by it's cover." That thought was there when the other came, and that i don't think is seen as being insensitive to the book content. It felt more like i was expressing appreciation to the real person.

After all one of the reasons why makeup is used by so many is because over centuries women as a group has have been conditioned to look better for men. If men had never existed would the makeup industry be so lucrative. That's not at all taking away from what janice said. I fully empathize with her comment on wrinkles, too.

[arizona1]

So I went to the dermatologist's office yesterday to buy some cream they had given me when I had a thing removed from my face. There was an old woman and man at the front desk dealing with something with the customer service person and they definitely looked like they were in their 80's-90's. I couldn't stop looking at the woman because you could see she must have been gorgeous when she was young. So, as is my way, I mindlessly blurted out to her, "You're SOOOOOO pretty"! I'm sure I embarrassed the hell out of her but you could see how thankful she was for the compliment. Beneath the wrinkles and bad posture, it was obvious she was once very beautiful. After speaking with them, her husband told me she used to be a model. He was quite good-looking as well. He was 92 and she was 88 and I don't think she was wearing any make-up but her beauty was unmistakable. At a certain age, makeup doesn't really help.