LeislEgan

My youth is slipping away.

I am twenty seven years old and I feel middle aged. The other day I discovered three grey hairs. Three! My alarmed cry of “Oh God, no!” did nothing to change the fact that I am getting older. Being a redhead is a jip. The claim that redheads stay gorgeous forever is but a cruel myth, designed to make us feel better about the fact that we are dying out and we can no longer blame our screaming matches on our hair colour. Next thing you know I’ll be sagging beneath the weight of crows feet, liver spots and incontinence. I’m already halfway there, I have two cats. And then I’ll be asking people to give up their seats on the tram and baking fruit cake. Sigh. Goodbye youth. We had alot of laughs.

  • Michelle Boyer

    Michelle Boyer, 9 months ago

    Well I can’t say anything- but it would be interesting to see what someone 50+ had to say… ;)

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethMontage Magician, 9 months ago

    umm ill be turning 28 on valentines day..
    let me just say – sleep when your dead.
    life is sooo short, even if we do survive till we’re 100..
    :)

  • LeislEgan

    LeislEgan, 9 months ago

    As my mother said, when you freak out about getting old, it merely shows how young you are.

  • Damian

    Damian, 9 months ago

    Just wait til you hit 30 – now there’s a mental barrier. I just thank goodness I’m not a teenager!

  • flower68

    flower68, 9 months ago

    30’s are great.I’m 40..yep..FOUR ZERO this year.not happy.no matter how many women tell me how fantastic their fourties are..I also have two cats:-)

  • LeislEgan

    LeislEgan, 9 months ago

    Cats do make up for the dips in life I think.

  • jonh

    jonh, 8 months ago

    When they’re not plotting to kill you…

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LeislEgan

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LeislEgan
January 14, 2008

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