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How many have experienced that mirror feeling?đŸ€—

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Put_Adventurous@reddit

It’s actually kinda sweet that Rose doesn’t assume Dorthy is talking about herself.
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buyshanegas@reddit

yeah she probably doesn’t think of herself and her friends as old. i don’t when I’m around my friends. Then we realize the event we’re reminiscing about took place 4O years ago
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DigitalAdon@reddit

Man I'm 26, I felt old the other day when I was reminiscing about an old video I watched as a kid back in 2009. That was 17 years ago...
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vincentxangogh@reddit

did you just type forty with an "o" instead of a "0"
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buyshanegas@reddit

sorry b00mer fat fingers
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vincentxangogh@reddit

n0 w0rries br0
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TrixieBastard@reddit

W3'r3 1337 1n h3r3, br0
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CodenameDinkleburg@reddit

The O is for “Oh fuck, I’m getting old”
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Cael_NaMaor@reddit

Shhhh let'em be. Hahaha
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agreetodisagree2023@reddit

My first reaction was "Betty F'ing White is/was the GOAT."
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AmbitionzOfARidah@reddit

Me and her are still the only people without facebook
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vmarti04@reddit

I’ve never had it or Instagram
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lousydungeonmaster@reddit

There are DOZENS of us!!!
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p8nt_junkie@reddit

That delivery is gold, Jerry! Gold!
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Dextropic@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/hzsg3jx3ygjg1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54408456bc11f97ca56ac0da2d8d19f74f93dcf3 IN THEIR FIFTIES!!!
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Beginning-Passenger6@reddit

Maybe it's just me slowly getting closer and closer to her age, but Betty White was a *fine* 63 back in 1985.
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rjcpl@reddit

And retired in a nice house.
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MadDanelle@reddit

The show is very inconsistent about the nice house. At times Blanche is a well off widow and daughter of old money and yet she has trouble affording a new roof and needs roommates to make ends meet. Dorothy, Rose, and Blanche all still work. And when Rose gets fired from her job Blanche was totally going to evict her. Way more than necessary in response but it kinda got away from me.
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rjcpl@reddit

And then end up owning and running a hotel.
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MadDanelle@reddit

I refuse to acknowledge the existence of that catastrophe.
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MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit

No way. I thought they were supposed to be in their 60s or 70s with Sophia being 90.
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FillBrilliant6043@reddit

Me too!!
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FillBrilliant6043@reddit

My jaw just dropped
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Beginning-Passenger6@reddit

I also spent my entire adult life extremely obese and then lost most of it just before I turned 40. My "mirror moment" is "who's that sexy old guy?" I still don't recognize my "merely overweight" self now if I catch myself in the mirror unexpectedly.
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ewoksrock81@reddit

I know she really answers “it was me!” in this episode, but I feel that’s only because it was the pilot (with Coco, the fabulous gay housekeeper) so their characters weren’t fully fleshed out yet. Had this been a few seasons in I feel like Dorothy would have shouted a cultural reference instead. Something like “WHISTLER’S MOTHER, ROSE!” lol or maybe “SHELLY WINTERS!” or something to that extent. Anyone else’s brain go there at the end of the scene? 😂
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Plumeria9798@reddit

Yes!!! My perimenopausal brain was going
who does she retort with? I couldn’t remember! But you’re absolutely right, she just says it was her. 
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GetUranus2Mars@reddit

I rarely have my picture taken so it shocks the hell outta me when I see how grey I'm getting.
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M_Me_Meteo@reddit

I don't know what I did to escape this anxiety, but I'm totally comfortable getting, looking, and feeling older. I can think of two reasons that I am pretty much unaffected: One, I was raised in a house where distal neglect was my primary experience, my parents were too busy hating each other and getting divorced to notice that I was struggling. Two, I am child free by choice. Per haps there is a connection to point one. A lot of feeling old is about comparing yourself to the people around you. My forties have been the best yet and I have not avoided all the 40 year old health changes. I will die one day, but I will live my life one day at a time until then. My body will be old and ugly if I'm lucky. It will get sick while others are young and carefree and there is nothing I can do about either.
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Spyes23@reddit

I'll say this, after having kids I feel much younger! I don't compare, I live vicariously through them and get to experience new things I'd otherwise never have been exposed to. I can be childish and silly and we have a great time, no judgement or prejudice. It's really just a matter of perspective and how you approach parenting - and for some, sadly, it's a chore and a burden. I feel for you, I wish you'd have had a better childhood! But I'm also happy you're content with your life now, that's really all that matters!
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friendlynbhdwitch@reddit

I think I might be in the same boat. Sort of. When I was younger, I thought I’d definitely at least be doing Botox by now. But I just don’t want to. I don’t need or want to look younger. It’s not as scary as I was expecting. Mammograms aren’t even as bad as I thought they would be. I think not stressing about it and focusing more on my health and less on my appearance has helped. And yes also not having children. 
 is your pfp Hanson? That is delightful.
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M_Me_Meteo@reddit

It says Hanson, but the pic is actually the boys from Home Improvement.
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friendlynbhdwitch@reddit

Lol I love that
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CatAnxiety@reddit

The point of being childfree is interesting! I can see how not having that reference point can kind of free you from some aging anxiety. Seeing my babies become teens is a reminder of how much further I am from my own days in high school. And having teens in the house keeps me up to date with a lot of pop culture but it is really an onslaught of new new new with no time to marinate in what I truly enjoy. This is obviously excluding all the aging that tends to happen to parents through the simple act of birthing and raising children.
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HOTDOGVNDR@reddit

Every fucking morning. The mirror first thing in the morning is always shocking.
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aqua_vida@reddit

This. Back in a job sitch I worked in my 20s, surrounded by young coworkers who are all so sweet and nice, but I feel being 20+ years older than them all every. single. day. Which maybe wouldn't bother me except, like, how did this happen?? 😭😭😭
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ryguymcsly@reddit

I see picture of young me and current me and I still see the same person. The only difference is I’m fatter with more lines on my face. Now when I have to get something out of the bottom shelf in the kitchen I feel approximately 80.
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ridiladish@reddit

Vitamin C serum makes the difference. Start today
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autricia@reddit

I just thought of this different clip, I saw this before Betty had even died. Rose asks "what happens when there's only one of us left?" and it just really struck me how odd it was that she was the one saying the line. [Golden Girls one left](https://youtu.be/sliDAF6wZm8?si=AURwESBbPzqSV1JV)
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tandytuna@reddit

Not yet, but about 10 years ago my 83 year old grandfather said he felt like a young man trapped in an old man's body every time he looked in the mirror. It has haunted me ever since.
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Turbulent_Elk_2141@reddit (OP)

I got stuck at 38. Never aged since in my mind. My body tries to remind me some times but I feel it to FO. And smile.
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strange_stars@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/nzpf68rgwjjg1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8013b04ff392170e857c6f0d5879151a96157156
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not_now_chaos@reddit

So much accuracy. I never feel 40s until I see myself. Or walk up a few flights of stairs. I can do it, but my lungs and knees definitely remind me that I'm closer to 50 than my brain likes to think.
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WilHunting2@reddit

Your mind never changes.
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Hanzo581@reddit

This is what no one tells you. Your meat mech body might break down over time but I still feel like I am the same person I was when I was young. Cognitive diseases aside of course.
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vanquishedfoe@reddit

I wish that was true. My mother had horrible dementia for the last decade of her life.
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tandytuna@reddit

forever young in the frontal lobe
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legojoe97@reddit

A man and his wife are sunning on the beach. Wife: "Shit." Husband: "What's wrong?" She gestures at a much younger woman walking by. W: "I'll never look like that again." He glances, then looks at his wife. H: "Neither will she." Can't remember where I read it, but it stayed with me.
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spsanderson@reddit

I have that almost nightly when i shower, as im getting ready, taking a look at my cancer scar, heavy wrinkles in my forehead, drooping eyes and eye bags
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dishwasher_mayhem@reddit

Started a new job at 48. I worked for 22 years at my old company. I feel like a relic.
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Sharpshooter188@reddit

42 and I constantly think of my life in my 20s. Im sure Ill be doing the same in my 60s and 80s.
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TrixieBastard@reddit

God, Betty White was the queen of the deadpan-yet-innocent delivery 😂
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probablyoverdressed@reddit

Perfect delivery
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youre-an-autumn@reddit

The cameras at the self checkout do me so dirty.
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-0_x@reddit

Those cameras are wide angle, which bend the field of vision beyond normal human vision, so things closer to the lens are exaggerated like a large bulbous nose and forehead, while other defining features like hair and ears seem to disappear into the background. So you don't really look like that. I mean don't get me wrong, you're still old, fat, and ugly, but you're not *distorted*.
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101violations@reddit

![gif](giphy|TI9HXsiQr4eU9hdxgC|downsized)
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Vegetable_Childhood3@reddit

I know someone who covers them with post-it notes to make the experience iess confronting
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newsflashjackass@reddit

Used gum receptacle.
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LeftSmile806@reddit

Hate those things. “Dude why are you slouching so bad?” Is always the response 
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unicorn-beard@reddit

literally part of the reason I never do self checkout
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joyceye@reddit

They’re in cahoots with my car side view mirrors

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CherryCherry5@reddit

Oh my God they give everyone six chins, I swear!
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Polkawillneverdie17@reddit

It's a wide angel to catch more on film and those angles look bad on anyone.
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toasterb@reddit

Wait. You have cameras at the self-checkout? Is that a U.S. thing? The only cameras I’ve seen like that are at the customs kiosk at the Vancouver airport. Trust me, you don’t want to see how they do after a long flight added on.
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youre-an-autumn@reddit

US thing, I assume it's for theft prevention.
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toasterb@reddit

Man, that is bleak. Won’t pay to staff the checkouts, but do decide to take photos of the customers doing their jobs.
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koei19@reddit

It's not everywhere though. I'm in the US and I don't think I've ever seen a self-checkout with cameras
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AppropriateAmoeba406@reddit

The worst angle! I’m with you there. I also have a refrigerator that makes me look about 30lbs bigger than all the other reflective surfaces in my house. If that’s true was a deliberate design choice intended to keep folks from snacking, it works.
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hairballcouture@reddit

What kind of fridge is it?
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AppropriateAmoeba406@reddit

LG. The one with the glass panel on the right that you can knock on and it lights up so you can look in without opening it.
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hairballcouture@reddit

Ooooh, I need one of those!
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Consistent_Stick_463@reddit

I have one of those!
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That_Apathetic_Man@reddit

I just got done with the toilet, so I've got more room now.
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One_time_Dynamite@reddit

That would be a kind of hilarious feature to have on a refrigerator đŸ€Ł
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chypie2@reddit

yeah that's not me right????
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BeardedBrotherJoe@reddit

I love it when I’m in the grocery store and look at tvs with cameras view being shown. It’s the glorious 4k view of my male pattern baldness that reminds me I need to shave. Even better if my kids point it out to me.
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NSA_Chatbot@reddit

They're not cameras, they're facial recognition scanners. You look like hell because you're missing half of your face. Plus the mirroring is backwards so you look like a fucked up clone of yourself.
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Hour_Affect3046@reddit

A few years ago I walked into a grocery store that had a camera overhead and behind. To give context, my receding hairline started when I was 17. But until that day I’d had no idea I was losing the war on the western front too. I had no idea I was even fighting that battle
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Phyzzx@reddit

I work in an office building with elevators that are mirrored on all sides. I guess I took the stairs almost exclusively because one late night I was tired and took the elevator down and that's when I saw it: my crown.
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jamesblakemc@reddit

For me it was the pictures my wife took at Christmas where I was helping our younger kid open presents on the floor. My head was leaning down and I saw just how much hair was missing. A few weeks later I just shaved my head and already look better.
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FartinMartinToeSocks@reddit

I don’t know how to link the sub, but /bald is one of the most wholesome subs on Reddit. So many people get encouragement to take the leap. It might make you feel better if you check it out.
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Pruritus_Ani_@reddit

r/bald is awesome, such a positive and supportive sub where the members really do uplift others and make them feel better about themselves! It always strikes me how much happier most people look in their “after” photos, you can see it in their eyes.
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RoguePlanet2@reddit

I swear, I have yet to see an "after" picture that didn't make me go "oooh!" đŸ«  Crazy how much of a difference it usually makes!
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tedsmitts@reddit

I had a big annual breakfast event thing last year, a fundraising event that it's important to go to, even though it's in the bowels of a hotel Conference Room C and serving not very good food at like 7 am. Anyway I got all tidied up by the barber, couldn't see my regular one, so just went with a nearby place. I guess my regular barber has been doing some heavy lifting in the back, because the photos from that event captured the back of my head and oooooooooof.
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terminaloptimism@reddit

My husband had this shock in a Waffle House. He turned to his friend and said "bro when did I start balding?!" His friend said "it's.. it's been a while now man." Husband shaved his head that day lol. He was 31 at the time.
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Clean-Reveal-2878@reddit

Omg!!! Same. I avoided it so very much. I don’t look at myself there anymore. ![gif](giphy|iGXpb2gJM3JkQXfBXv|downsized)
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adrift1234@reddit

I am always victimized by the target self check out cameras
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littleseaotter@reddit

I try not to even look at them anymore unless I want to feel terrible about myself. They are awful!
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EctoRiddler@reddit

But seriously, who was it?
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SqueezeBoxJack@reddit

Ethel Merman, Rose. She needed a lift to Carnegie Hall.
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TransplantedFern@reddit

Except for the part about not recognizing her - the woman in the mirror is clearly my mother.
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MyNameIsNot_Molly@reddit

Better than your dad in a wig. Now I'll go off to cry.
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Zealousideal_End2330@reddit

I am my dad's identical twin with longer hair and a mole that is two inches further up my face. Boo.
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emmany63@reddit

Oh is that right. I’m 62 (and I consider myself a young 62) and I see more of my mother in the mirror every day. My mom passed 11 years ago, so every time I see her in the mirror I say “hi Rose, good to see you.”
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syntax_sorceress@reddit

Howled and snorted laughing at this. Thank you
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Medium-Sized-Jaque@reddit

What's your mother doing in Dorothy's car? 
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abmoonstar@reddit

Yup, I'm starting to see my mother now when I look in the mirror and it's such a strange experience. I've been told my whole life that we look so much alike but now I actually SEE her from certain angles. That plus my kids acting like I'm a dinosaur really has me feeling my age these days.
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fleebleganger@reddit

I never understood this thinking. Then I realized that I’m becoming my dad.  Can’t stop it, can’t change it, just day by day, becoming him. 
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hairballcouture@reddit

I’m starting to look like my grandmother, hair color and style as well. Completely unintentional on the hair part.
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Truckwobler2024@reddit

I see my dad in the mirror more and more every day
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-Odi-Et-Amo-@reddit

The past year or two, I catch a glimpse in the mirror and a lot of times it’s my mother’s face starring back at me. It always catches me off guard.
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ObligationJumpy6415@reddit

Yep, once or twice I’ve looked in the mirror and been truly taken aback to see my mom staring back at me - it’s the weirdest feeling!
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Sweet_Deeznuts@reddit

My mom used to say that she didn’t recognize the old lady in the mirror and I thought I understood what she meant
until yesterday when I caught a glimpse of myself on video chat. Now I understand 😭
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Mmphska@reddit

My grandma had told me when I was 17 or 18 and it's always stuck with me; how yes of course in her body she can tell that she is 80-something. But the person in her mind, her inner monologue, the person sitting in the driver's seat of her life every day, she doesn't feel any different than the same as when she was 20. Wiser and more disciplined sure, all the range of things you are gradually more aware of as you age, but in her mind she felt no different than she has always been. The realization of that has helped ME to accept aging, and Im still barely half the age she told me that at
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not_now_chaos@reddit

A few weeks ago I heard a line in a show, by a character in his 40s or maybe early 50s, who said "I'm at the age now where you realize that the end is closer than the beginning" and I just. Oof. I had to sit with that one for a long minute. It has been in my head ever since. I don't mind looking older. I don't have many wrinkles, I dye my hair fun colors anyway so the grey doesn't bother me, and the double chin was inevitable regardless of weight given every woman in my family ever. But knowing that my time here is closer to over now, that realistically I'm past the halfway point and have less time left than has passed, even if I took perfect care of myself... That is the kick in the teeth.
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RobertRamos@reddit

Happened to me at 23 actually. 😅
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anonmygoodsir@reddit

Yup and evey time I remember how old I am. For the past year I've just been saying "How the hell did I get this old all of a sudden?" I swear it just snuck up on me. One day I was in my 20s and then Bam! I'm pushing 50.
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StatementLazy1797@reddit

I actually had this exact thing happen last week. Two of the girls from my work, 19 and 22, wanted to come see my twins for their birthday. We had a great time, any time I’m with them I just feel like “one of the girls”. Of course we took a picture together
 Looking at that photo made me feel like absolute dog shit. They’re so young, and so beautiful. That used to be me. Now my skin feels like it’s sagging, my body doesn’t feel like it’s my body, I look like I haven’t slept in a month
 I’m over it now. It was just an emotional moment, I swear I am actually enjoying my 40’s. And I’ll say it again and again - I’d rather be old, but have had the childhood I did, than be young and have grown up in the new millennium.
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flyinthesoup@reddit

Amen on that last sentence. I do not envy the young people of today. I'm happy I had my childhood in the 80s and my teenage years in the 90s. Besides some health stuff, I'm quite happy being in my 40s!
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Zero_Cool-94@reddit

I watched this as a kid and everything went over my head, I watch it now and it’s hysterical.
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cupcakebean@reddit

I always hated staying overnight at my grandparents house because we always had to watch Golden Girls. Now I freaking love it.
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cupcakebean@reddit

I'm a teacher and was in the teacher's lounge with a group of young teachers, plus one who's about my age. The woman my age was talking about how she's always had a big crush on Rob Lowe and the young women had ABSOLUTELY NO clue who he is. It's always extremely jarring when younger people have never heard of celebrities that I consider A listers. I've had similar conversations with youngs who didn't know who Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts are. It feels impossible because they were EVERYWHERE in the 80s and 90s.
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Soft_Walrus_3605@reddit

All I can say is the only alternative to getting older is worse
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paulsteinway@reddit

Fortunately my self image looks way better than my mirror image. It's other people who have to suffer.
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Obvious-Patience-333@reddit

Her expression
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StoneAgeRick@reddit

I actually thought they would have a silly punchline like it was their mother in the backseat but this was funnier.
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Queasy-Combination12@reddit

The famous betty white folks
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pieduke88@reddit

Which show is this?
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PuzzleheadedGerman@reddit

WHO THE FUCK CROPPED THAT VIDEO?
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totallyclips@reddit

She was a joy
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supakow@reddit

I started growing my hair out about 2 years ago and I still don't recognize myself in the mirror. I'm not sure at what point Jerry Garcia started inhabiting my bathroom but I'm definitely not okay with that.
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eternally_feral@reddit

I feel like this when I start talking about movies. I either get told, “Never heard of it,” or if I share a fond memory of seeing it in theatres/on VHS, the blank looks I get

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soshibemuchwow@reddit

no one delivered like Betty White
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chamberlain323@reddit

And Bea Arthur was a great “straight man” for Betty’s lines to have proper impact. Except that she was a woman, but you get my drift.
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sunshine-x@reddit

She really made that show amazing. I binged it with my teens during Covid and they loved it.
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croissant_and_cafe@reddit

Oh Rose!
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Sweet_Deeznuts@reddit

![gif](giphy|kkyYV0WYLnSVy|downsized)
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Lower-Tomatillo-9513@reddit

The funniest thing about the episode this is from is that it is now so old itself, the bands that were "it" when it first aired are now on the Classic Rock stations.
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stamfordbridge1191@reddit

The Simpsons writing team Mandela-effected the timeline in recent stories to shift Homer's band from being a 60s rock 'n' roll band to being a 90s grunge band (as reflected in the real life Classic Rock shift.) Lisa was also an aspiring saxophone player during the instrument's golden age of popularity through it's nadir as a toxic instrument that "nearly ruined good songs touched by the instrument."
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Lower-Tomatillo-9513@reddit

Yeah, I haven't watched The Simpsons in years but I remember when they retconned Homer and Marges backstory to fight a newer timeline. Homer's songs were parodies of actual 90's songs, like Margarine instead of Glycerine.
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Mediocre_Weakness243@reddit

It'll happen to you...
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Azart57-@reddit

Alice In Chains has a great song about this called All I Am: Cannot recognize the face before me It's unfamiliar Time has left me broken down and homely Can you still see me undisguised?
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Kiwi_lad_bot@reddit

I dont have mirror moments yet. I look kind of young for my age. But my body moments are starting to signal to me Im getting old. Im 6ft2 so getting into smaller cars is always a folding exercise. But recently after a long day at work, Ive had to start pulling my 2nd leg in with my arms rather than just being able to bend it and swing it in. Thats never happened before.
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Turbulent_Elk_2141@reddit (OP)

Who was it? đŸ˜‡đŸ„°
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gxslim@reddit

Damn we're at that "golden girls hits hard" age huh. That is the shocker for me
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Sufficient_Turn_9209@reddit

Maaan. In the last 2 years it's like someone pressed fast forward on adding aging. Perimenopause started to creep up at around 45, and suddenly curves on my body are shifting places, my chin skin is getting that orange peel texture, under my eyes and my hands are getting crepey skin, and silver hair is trying to compete with the dark color. Like literally in 2 years. The mirror is a surprise every f'ing day.
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bat_in_the_stacks@reddit

I just saw a video on YouTube about an episode of Bewitched where the family is in blackface and was like "oh no 😞". Then it turned out the episode was pushing for equal treatment of black people and was written by a black highschool class. Faith restored 😁
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kateastrophic@reddit

Yes! 45-50 seems to be a freefall roller coaster. It’s intense how quickly the changes come! And Golden Girls is SO OFTEN my reference point for aging. I remember watching it as a kid and thinking how ancient they seemed and not really being able to tell the difference between Sofia and the other three. Now, whenever I engage in yet another old lady behavior, I’m usually reminded of seeing it on a Golden Girls episode. I can’t believe I’m becoming a Golden Girl! But with fewer dates
 those ladies stayed busy!
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One_time_Dynamite@reddit

I'm 48 and it's starting for me. Got my first age spot on my face but also the thing that had really bothered me the most is my vision started going out about 6 months ago. I've always had the best eyesight. When I was young I could read stuff that was sooo far away. My uncle had his own eye glass business and when I was 14 I worked there that summer as one of my first real jobs that I ever had. When it was slow he would show me the ropes of the business and the first week I was there he tested my eyes to see how good my vision was and I had 40/20 vision. I just bought my first pair of reading glasses about 2 weeks ago. I had been putting it off to buy them because in my dumb brain I had this mentality that if I didnt but the glasses then I wouldnt be admitting that im getting old đŸ€Ł
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bgva@reddit

I'm 43 and in the last year or so I've found myself increasing the font size on my laptop. That was a bit of a jolt.
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EBN_Drummer@reddit

Estelle Getty, who played Sophia, was younger than Bea Arthur and Betty White. Around your mid 40s there's a period where you age more rapidly than your 20s and 30s. There's another aging period like that in your 60s too, so that's so something we get to look forward to.
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doubtfurious@reddit

Perimenopause... that's like regular menopause but suddenly with a fedora, right?
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FGFlips@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/vijl30f6ygjg1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=769f686b2b1c3c1ea6cdad26f8b312f53f5f4d4f Menopause?! Perry the Menopause!?
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CreampuffOfLove@reddit

My husband refers to my perimenopause mood swings as 'peri-peri' because apparently I'm quite spicy about everything the last few years!
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mom_bombadill@reddit

Menopausinator!!
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crymeajoanrivers@reddit

AGENT P!!
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hunnypunny@reddit

Now I feel cheated that we’re not turning to Secret agent Platypus’s
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Sweet_Deeznuts@reddit

![gif](giphy|Qr6IxCV9ZUe4jnjSIi|downsized) Every woman at the start of perimenopause before they learn what perimenopause is
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One_time_Dynamite@reddit

I noticed my first small little age spot near my right eye on my cheek just this week. I'm 48, will be 49 this year. The Grey hair started early for me. I actually started getting my first gray hair when I was in my early 30s. Everything else has been fine and I haven't gotten any of the signs you get like skin on you hands or wrinkles or bags under my eyes. Idk why but thus age spot has really gotten to me. I've always said that I would age gracefully and I scoffed at the idea of any kind of cosmetic work, but this age spot has me thinking otherwise, now. Its not even thay big. Its probably not even a half a centimeter wide. I know thats the start though of my skin starting to go down hill. As someone that's a man, I would like to ask if anyone has any cheap suggestions for skin care that I can put on my face to help with those age spots.
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LetNeither6377@reddit

Truth sister!! Don't forget about the changes on vaginal front
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FartinMartinToeSocks@reddit

Yeah. I swear 2025 was three years long. Even in photos, I’ve aged. I still remember my dad saying you feel young and you just feel like yourself, then you’ll look in the mirror and go, “Aaaah!” and it really making me laugh! But he’s right! I feel like my little bouncy happy self and then we’ll catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and think *oh my gosh!*
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MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit

I'm blessed to still look 27. Secret is to stay hydrated and stay out of the sun. Never been one to visit the beach.
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CryptoMinerSage@reddit

Do you have any advice for staying moist?
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MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit

Are you a lady or a man?
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phazedoubt@reddit

My beard is almost completely white now and I still think I look more socially appealing than I did when I was younger. I guess its different for men maybe?
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TheSaltyJM@reddit

Yeah. My toddler son was making funny faces in the mirror. I joined him and nearly spooked myself at the number of wrinkles that appeared when I made my first funny face. I hate the loss of collagen.
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Birdsonme@reddit

Seriously one of the best shows ever. This particular clip hits frighteningly close to home.
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digitalgraffiti-ca@reddit

Yup
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MudOpposite8277@reddit

Every day.
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blove135@reddit

Betty White had such great comedic timing.
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Tribute2Johnny@reddit

Ayyyyy I'm a straight white 42yo guy and Golden Girls is definitely my jam.
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badchefrazzy@reddit

Due to trauma, daily.
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Hedgehogosaur@reddit

I'm kind of ageing sideways at the moment. I'm changing my look, colouring my hair, getting tattoos, generally being more expressive. I'm a different person than 10 years ago and I'm enjoying these changes, which I think is hiding my washing from myself. Since things, like losing my grey beard have helped.
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FrankReynolds@reddit

I miss when sitcoms had setups and punchlines instead of endless quips.
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radiojosh@reddit

I used to not care that I was losing my hair and I kind of liked the idea of having a receding hairline, but then one day, the thinning in the front started connecting to the bald spot in the back, and for the briefest of moments, I saw Major Winchester from MASH when I looked in the mirror. So then I shaved off all my hair.
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zv5000@reddit

I fuckin miss them all.
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OhMyItsColdToday@reddit

During the pandemic my hair went quite white. I ln my office there is a big mirror in the bathroom, and I remember just after the restrictions were lifted, I was washing my hands and jumped because there was this dude starting at me and I didn't notice him. That dude was me, and I didn't recognize myself with white hair. I've never felt so old haha
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Teavangelion@reddit

I'm taking the "I'd love to be 40 again" approach.  In ten or maybe even five years, I'll wish I was back here.  I still feel good at 40 even if I don't look picture-perfect.  I want to enjoy my health now before it's gone, and not waste my time desperate to be 20 again.  Living in the past robs us of what's good about the present. It probably helps that my body betrayed me a couple of years ago and cut a really stark line between youth and middle age.  I was so miserable that my 40th kind of just came and went.  Now I am here. 😅
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MrJQ52@reddit

I miss them all
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AquariusRising1983@reddit

Betty White was such a fucking treasure!
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Immediate-Yogurt-558@reddit

My friend just sent me a old picture when we were about 19/20. I wish I realized just how goddamn beautiful I actually was at the time.
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qtjedigrl@reddit

I'm incredibly lucky to still pass as 25.
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Trashman82@reddit

Betty and Bea were both so talented. Sad they are gone, but at least we have scenes like this to remember them by.
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SweetCosmicPope@reddit

Don’t get me wrong. I’m no longer in my physical prime, but there’s this window I have to walk by every day near the light rail station and when I see myself in it I look about 100 lbs heavier than I actually am and it makes me feel like shit.
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GeneSmart2881@reddit

Dude, Betty White back in the early 60s YO
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valuebuyer1234@reddit

These women are national treasures!
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Ocean_Butterfly8417@reddit

Don't do that to yourselves!! Look at how pretty Dorothy is & she's saying such awful things about herself. Yes, we're older, but we are smarter & so much chiller than in our 20s. It would be fun to have my 20s body, but I would never want to experience another second of my 20s anxiety. Or the drama & nonsense. 
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Gaul65@reddit

Went to a concert a few months back and was looking at the crowd on my way to the bathroom, thinking "do I really belong here with all these grey heads and wrinkly bastards", got to the bathroom and glanced in the mirror and immediately though "oh... yeah I guess I do.".
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newhappyrainbow@reddit

Having drinks in a bar, went to the bathroom and caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror on the way
 did a hard double-take because I straight up thought I saw my mother. To be fair, we do look very much alike, to the point that people who haven’t seen us in a long time will mistake me for her, but that was the only time I fooled MYSELF!
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FuckYouNotHappening@reddit

This comment section got me in my feels, but also, Betty Fucking White delivering that line like an absolute animal.
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Prestigious_Snow3309@reddit

Just this morning! But my granddaughter tells everyone about me. She also adds I don't look like a grandma. I love that kid so much😂😂😂😍
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Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit

Not exactly the mirror feeling, but you know how the dasher has to take a picture of your food in front of your door? I met them at the door one time and ended up in the picture. I looked like a GREMLIN.
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water_bottle1776@reddit

It first happened to me at about 35. I joined the army in my late 20s. Before I joined I had, for many years, a bright red goatee. I'm talking Ron Weasley red. But, when I was on active duty in the army, I had to be clean shaven (technically we were allowed to have a mustache, but they make you trim it to look like a porn star from 1987, so no). When I left active duty in my mid 30s, I decided to let it grow again and see if I could pull off my old look. Maaaaaaaaan, every hair that grows from my chin is BRIGHT FUCKING WHITE. Every fucking one. Now I just rock the 'stache. And I just look like someone's dad, which is fine with me because I that's what I've been for 20 years. The other time it really kicked my ass was when I went back to college. I was sitting BSing with some other students before class started one day and suddenly realized that the person I was talking to was closer to my kids age than they were to me.
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MlsterFlster@reddit

Nah. I'll talk with the young guys, and they might not even realize how old I am. But I've been old since before I was old.
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jambr380@reddit

It's rough. I've never liked looking at myself, but it's even worse now. And this isn't even the best mirror example from Golden Girls. Put a mirror on a table, lean over, and look at yourself. Blanche's reaction to this is hilarious
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Dracoster@reddit

Why is this zoomed in 400%?
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WholesomeLowlife@reddit

Who would have thought the evolution of the internet would be the same videos just incrementally zoomed in more and more until it's a single pixel.
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ParkingBreakfast@reddit

Thus made me giggle....very true
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EidolonRook@reddit

Haven’t experienced the mirror feeling, but I am absolutely channeling my inner Rose half the time.
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skinnyminnesota@reddit

If you want to study comedic timing, watch this show
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JJD8705@reddit

Classic
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Crazyabdul81@reddit

Fun Fact! Betty White (Rose), and Bea Arthur (Dorothy), are *slightly* older than Estelle Getty (Sophia) in real life. (Or when they were still alive, RIP you wonderful coots.) Wear sunscreen kids!
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smoot99@reddit

wow it's so weird how sophisticated they were speaking to each other - did that strike anyone else?
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thunderlips36@reddit

Those two were always so good together on screen. I've been there, trying to lie to myself in the mirror. Telling myself I can still play the sports I used to. Reality can be no fun sometimes
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violetstrainj@reddit

Yes. And it was at the eye doctors, while I was trying on my new glasses, so I actually audibly let out a small scream in front of complete strangers.
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AbbreviationsBorn276@reddit

Yes.
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lunchboxdeluxe@reddit

Not me. I lost 60 pounds last year, got four crowns put in, and started taking care of myself rather than treating my body like a garbage scow the way I always used to. I feel like I grew into my looks. I finally fit into all my old clothing again, and I look better in them at 42 than I ever did at 22. I work in an industry that skews pretty young, and I get along really well with a lot of younger people there, even if I wouldn't be interested in dating them or anything like that. I don't feel old, and a lot of it comes from having supportive people around me who keep me from talking bad about myself.
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Important_silence@reddit

No. It’s been more like the “Clair Huxtable” experience: https://youtube.com/shorts/YWDvw7lAq9M?si=w--vSouJxjgkf9FV Thanks to watching like The Golden Girls, The Cosby Show & Dynasty during my childhood, I thought women STAYED beautiful. I thought Estelle Getty looked “old” until I saw pictures and videos of her without the old lady stage makeup.
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Important_silence@reddit

Diahann Carroll and Joan Collins in Dynasty: https://youtu.be/Q7hTFqBmHH0?si=2F5Tq7seALzAhSc5
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aenflex@reddit

The Golden Girls are legend. There will never be another show as legendary. Bea Arthur is a legend. Betty White is a legend. Estelle Getty is a legend. Rue McClannahan is a legend. I love them so much and I hope I’m as awesome as any one of them.
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overtunerfreq@reddit

This show was an all-timer
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Jean_Paul_Fartre_@reddit

Betty White was funny af. All throughout her career. She could play dumb only because she was so smart. Willing to push boundaries and grow with the times. Her timing and ad libbing abilities we top tier.
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Thedirtyone522@reddit

I just turned 40 last week. Ive had thinning hair and started going grey in my 20s. It sort of got to a point and stayed. In this week alone I've noticed for the first time I've got a full horseshoe, I've officially surpassed 50% grey coverage, the skin on my hands is kinda rippled, the crows feet are there even when I'm not smiling, and a spot on my face just decided to change color.....I have an old people spot on my face đŸ˜«!
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mrBeeko@reddit

This happens to me on zoom meetings
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Low_Actuary_2794@reddit

Wasn’t she 40 here IRL?
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foozebox@reddit

Show is hilarious
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rjcpl@reddit

Not really. Outside of work i still dress like I did in the 90s with band t-shirts and flannels. Never smoked. Use sunscreen. No kids. Get lots of sleep. So still look young for my age
unfortunately also including still struggling with acne despite working with multiple dermatologists.
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kristospherein@reddit

Dont leave us hanging, who was it?
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Truckwobler2024@reddit

Saw myself in a dressing room mirror one time and realized I look hideous. Like a troll
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toebeanprophet@reddit

Just in the last year. 43, and I cry so hard and smile so hard I pull muscles in my face and the side where I pull them now has a huge expression line that the other side of my face doesn't have. And my eleven lines? More like 44 lines, maybe even 66 lines. I'm like WHO TF IS THAT.
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DrJJStroganoff@reddit

In the mirror i think i look fine. But the photos of me are a very different story
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Crash217@reddit

Everytime I have that feeling I remind myself I have bad ass white streaks in my beard like a super hero. Something I always hoped for when I was a little kid. Makes me feel alittle better.
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herpafilter@reddit

Getting old is realizing that the Golden Girls weren't actually all that old. Bea Arthur was only 63 when it first aired.
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rebelangel@reddit

And Estelle Getty was actually a year younger than her.
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XennialDad@reddit

Almost all of my employees are 16-23 years old. After a day of working with them, I have this moment and it sucks. I can even do you one worse. Sometimes I have to review our security footage and I get to see myself on video with these young folk and it's painfully obvious how much older I am then.
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RustyGov@reddit

Betty White is a national treasure
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TheWetSock@reddit

It’s the camera at he self checkout for me .
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militant-hippie@reddit

I had that in my 30s but in my 40s.. I'm a silver fox. Probably just because I actually started taking care of my health a bit
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dabeeman@reddit

let’s see
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militant-hippie@reddit

Oh yeah.. no. I'm married and don't need the validation of reddit. Thanks for your interest, though. Would cause my wife discomfort, and that would make me a bad husband.
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orangesfwr@reddit

![gif](giphy|hrpy8ahRGOurYqkAof|downsized)
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orangesfwr@reddit

Betty White's delivery 😅
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chrillho18@reddit

I miss watching this show as a kid. They were so fun.
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trulyuniqueusername2@reddit

The Golden Girls was funny when I was a kid and it’s even funnier now. Thank you for sharing.
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herpafilter@reddit

Thank *you* for being a friend.
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xmadjesterx@reddit

I had an experience at my favorite Irish pub just the other night. I just bought three Biff cane from Back To The Future. You know, the one with the fist. Yeah, I like to buy silly stuff. One of the regulars was checking it out and a couple of servers were confused as to why we were laughing. Neither of them had seen Back To The Future. It was awkward and entertaining to explain the basic plot to them. "A mad scientist creates a time machine out of a car. The teenager travels to the past and has to ensure that his parents fall in love so that he doesn't disappear. He travels to the future in the second movie to save his own kids, then back to the past because the old bully stole a sports almanac and the time machine." We didn't even get into Back To The Future 3
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woowoobean@reddit

Boy ain’t that the truth
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Vegetable_Childhood3@reddit

I feel like between the age of like 20-41 I aged but was always somewhere on the young person spectrum. Now at 44 I'm definitely doing double takes when I look at family photos I'm in
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BlackPhoenix1981@reddit

![gif](giphy|b22QfVQ5G6CWc|downsized)
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MrSouthMountain86@reddit

![gif](giphy|FoH28ucxZFJZu)
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DustedGorilla82@reddit

I’m in my prime! Btw golden girls theme will always remind me of Friday night and my grandparents.
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