What bothered me in my youth was when I figured out that the ones who looked older then typically had ageless faces that would look younger later on.
I didn't figure that out, but I noticed it with Mark (the Good Ex): he looked older than 21 (which he was when I met him) and now at 47, he -- well, he does look younger than 47, but it's also an ageless distinguished look. It helps that he's happy; our Dubious Ex, who was the cute one when we were younger, has grown up petulant and dissatisfied, and it shows badly.
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Date: 2007-02-12 01:52 pm (UTC)I didn't figure that out, but I noticed it with Mark (the Good Ex): he looked older than 21 (which he was when I met him) and now at 47, he -- well, he does look younger than 47, but it's also an ageless distinguished look. It helps that he's happy; our Dubious Ex, who was the cute one when we were younger, has grown up petulant and dissatisfied, and it shows badly.