On 4 Apr 2018 at 7:08pm Mimi wrote:
Let's open up a debate that has nothing to do with Lewes.
Sadie Frost has been in the press for saying that she is feeling invisible and unimportant in her late 40s after spending her earlier adult life receiving affirmation from others that she was beautiful and sexy. She says she no longer receives any attention for her looks, and feels jealous of her 17 year old daughter who is stunning and gets the attention that Sadie used to.
I'm a female in my mid 40s and am rapidly losing my looks. My hair is suddenly turning grey, my face is drooping, my jawline has lost its definition, my eyelids are drooping, my eyelashes are thinning, my hair is thinning, my skin has lost its radiance, my breasts are down to my waist after breastfeeding, my body is heavier set than it was and my teeth are yellowing even though I've never smoked. I've been looking at photos of myself in my 20s and my word I was a true beauty. Tall, lithe, glossy long thick hair, great big wide beautiful eyes, long eyelashes, radiant skin, shiny white teeth, pert breasts, long limbs.....really stunning. But I never knew it. My parents never ever told me, looks were never mentioned, and I was oblivious. I used to get men chatting me up and professing that they'd fallen in love with me left, right and centre, but I just thought they were all being weird! My goodness, what I'd give to look like that now. I too, like Sadie, walk around feeling un-noticed.
Will I be jealous of my pretty little daughter when she's a stunner in her late teens/20s? You bet I will!
Is this wrong?
On 4 Apr 2018 at 7:17pm Soli. P. wrote:
Nice one, ever heard of mums net?
On 4 Apr 2018 at 7:39pm Horseman7 wrote:
I looked at a new photo of my daughter today, looking great and clearly flourishing in her very responsible new job. And no, I didn't feel jealous - just incredibly proud.
On 4 Apr 2018 at 8:04pm Earl of Lewess wrote:
@Mimi - I've been through the same process, reflecting on how awful I look now and how more attractive I was at 19, even though I didn't feel it. But then I found a cassette of me and some friends talking in the 1980s and I realised what complete rubbish we were coming out with. Beauty isn't just skin deep. I bet the Mimi of today is more attractive for many men because she has experienced more of life and is more interesting than the young Mimi. Remember the chorus of the song 'Perfect 10'?
On 4 Apr 2018 at 8:07pm Autotrader wrote:
Trade in for a younger model.
On 4 Apr 2018 at 8:14pm Katy wrote:
Sadie Frost is a publicity seeker and thinks this will get it for her.
On 4 Apr 2018 at 8:39pm Hyena wrote:
Glad I've always been pug ugly.
On 4 Apr 2018 at 8:52pm Anthony wrote:
"she's the Devil's concubine"
On 4 Apr 2018 at 9:08pm Pseudo wrote:
And what as this to do with lewes doh !! Another pointless load of drivel
On 4 Apr 2018 at 9:19pm Blatant Liar wrote:
Why do I remember almost the exact same post a few years ago?
On 4 Apr 2018 at 9:37pm Mimi wrote:
@Blatant Liar: maybe it happens to a lot of women? I bet you're a man.
@Pseudo: it has nothing to do with Lewes, as I explained. Except that I am a woman who lives in Lewes and I have a voice and an opinion about things that may not matter to you but matter to me. Go swivel.
On 4 Apr 2018 at 9:45pm Mrs Bossy wrote:
Am I going to have to start getting cross about mis-use of apostrophes again?
On 4 Apr 2018 at 9:59pm Heard it all wrote:
Probablie'.
On 4 Apr 2018 at 10:21pm @ Mrs. B wrote:
Just call out the illiterati. If Mother's deserves one why doesn't daughters ? There isn't even any logic in these pillocks grammar. And you misuse miss-use. Kind regards.
On 5 Apr 2018 at 12:42am Mischief wrote:
....these pillocks’ grammar...but of course you knew that didn’t you. You did know that, surely?
On 5 Apr 2018 at 7:27am Shirley wrote:
I did know, but omitted it as a test. Well done, Mischief.
On 5 Apr 2018 at 9:03am Clifford wrote:
Horseman7 wrote: 'And no, I didn't feel jealous - just incredibly proud.'
Exactly. I've felt precisely the same about my son and two daughters. Passing the baton is a privilege.
On 5 Apr 2018 at 12:54pm Graham wrote:
Mimi, you may not think so, but I bet you are hot.
On 6 Apr 2018 at 12:05am Local wrote:
What lovely smug parents we have in this town
On 6 Apr 2018 at 4:22pm pixieonaleaf wrote:
When I look at my youngest girl, my heart very nearly bursts with pride, how anyone can be jealous of their own daughter is beyond me.
I was pretty gorgeous back in the days, but she is light years ahead of me, and I love it 