I like birthdays, always have. I like getting older. I’m proud of my age. I’m not one to lie and pretend I’m forty going on twenty-seven.
Yet when I look at my kids I’m often struck by the thought that I am the same person now as I was when I was five. In so many ways I feel the same. I still feel like me. Me at four, or me at forty, is still ME. My memories, my thoughts, my “me-ness”, feels the same. Ageless.
Then again, I’m not the same person now as I was at age five, because in the thirty-five years in between I’ve learned, and I’ve grown, both inside and out. As the years go by I find I care much less what other people think. I am more confident now and in many ways I like myself better as I grow older.
When I look in the mirror I don’t see forty. I just see me. Ageless.
But what do other people see, I wonder?
I suspect my love for 80s pop music gives away more than my laugh lines do.
I think my habit of saying things like, “awesome”, “dude”, and “cool”, probably tells people more about my age than the two young children I have in tow does.
I will also admit that my dance moves are permanently stuck in “90s goth club” mode, which may say a bit about how I spent my university days (or should I say nights?).
Though I think probably the number one thing that dates me is my love for retro toys and 80s cartoons. Hello, Thundercats is still awesome. Oh wait, did I just say awesome? I mean um… fantastic?
What are your “age giveaways”?
Do you feel defined by your age? Or like me, do you feel ageless?
Did you know that most Canadian women no longer feel defined by their chronological age? In fact, 90 per cent believe that age will continue to become less relevant.
I love that stat! I think that’s phenomenal. I’m glad to know I’m not alone in thinking forty (or sixty, or eighty), is just a number, and not something that defines who you are and what you can or can not do.
In December, Olay unveiled their Ageless program – an initiative that explores how Canadian women and their counterparts around the globe think about aging and expectations when it comes to beauty
As part of this campaign, Olay is encouraging women to share their age “giveaways” (such as having a teenager, or the type of music you listen to).
Share your age giveaway, and enter the awesome giveaway below for a chance to win an Olay prize pack worth $165!
One lucky Maple Leaf Mommy reader is going to win
To enter just tell me:
How can people tell that you’re not ageless?
What gives away your true chronological age?
The lines around my eyes and my hands
My physical appearance, the deepening lines, crows feet being more profound… oh, and the music that blares from my car or ipod……… long live the 80s!!
I would definitely say my grey hair.
Definitely my crows feet and wrinkles!
The fact that I listen to 80's music and know all the words!
I have fine lines around my eyes.
My grey hair gives me away! started when i was in my 20s! sigh
Definitely my grey hair…and maybe my 80's playlist!
Not being able to resist singing along to great corny 80's music gives my age away! Lol
Probably my age spots on my hands. Out, out damn spot. LOL
my laugh lines
My hands give my age away and the grey hair I'm starting to get.
My age giveaways are the fine lines around my eyes and forehead.
My smile lines around my eyes (nicer sounding than crows feet) give me away
my laugh lines, my love for 80's music and my teenage son
The grey roots and wrinkles gives my age away.
My grey hair, grandchildren and fine lines around my eyes and lips give my age away!
Definitely my grey hair, found my first ones at 21! I’ve been colouring for about 30 yrs. The grey roots grow back so quickly that I’ve now altered my colour to medium blonde from dark blonde. At least now it’s not quite as noticeable.
my grey roots
My greys!
My wrinkles, my taste in music and my "sayings" give me away.
My taste in music and my prom dress definitely put me as an 80s gal!
My reading glasses, the grey in my hair and teenage kids give me away 🙂
Maybe my smiling and laughing lines give me away? I never learned how to dontjose hip hop or rap dance moves!
my grey hair makes me look older than I am
Fine lines around eyes!
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My hands, and the lines (good ones) around my eyes
My hands and the lines on my forehead and around my eyes definitely give it away.
Grey hair what is easy to fix, and wrinkles are kind of difficult ones to fight but we do not give up.
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I would have to say the sun spot on my complexion
My gray hairs and crow's feet near my eyes give away my age!
My dark circles under my eyes.
I am entering this for my mother, she would say her gray hair.
My hands give away my age.
What gives away my true age is the fine lines I have around my eyes.
All my hair glitter is a dead giveaway, that and 5 grand boys.
My 21 year old son
My choice of music!
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My love of 80's rock music and my 25 and 21 year old sons.
My grey roots and love for 80s music gives me away!
My hands give me away.
Definitely my gray hair!! I just coloured it, and it's still gray!! 🙁
My 16 year old son gives away my age
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my music. thanks
My favorite music as in my singer I like most….
It is my eyes
Super cool!
I can be defined by my musical eras for instance; Michael Jackson came to greatness when I was in grade 7 & 8; Madonna, Bon Jovi and Whitney were at the start of greatness when I was in high school; Now I've got wrinkles around my eyes and mouth. There are definitely enough giveaways to guess my age.
Having 4 grandchildren aged between 13 years old to 6 months gives my true age away!!
I'm starting to see some fine lines and tiny wrinkles and a few grey hairs.
My fine lines around my eyes give away my age and, of course, the two grandsons.
my 16 yo gives away my age!
my taste of music does
Super cool
my greying hair and my 23rd wedding anniversary!
The wrinkles around my eyes give away my age.
Grey hair 😉
Winkles, Wrinkles, Wrinkles!!!!!!!
My eye creases
I would say that my taste in music and my dance moves give away my true age!
The wrinkles around my eyes when I smile give me away.
crows feet for me..
Fine lines on my face 🙁
My love of 80's music and my 25 and 21 year old sons.
My wrinkles
My eye creases
what gives away my age is my daughters and love for 80's music….classic rock baby!!
Sunspots !
i am getting quite a bit of white hair now and laugh lines
My grey hair and kids give my age away!
White hair in my beard !!
My wrinkles, grey hair, 3 kids and the way I dress!!
My 25th. Wedding Anniversay is this year!
My teenage daughter and the bags under my eyes
wrinkles around my eyes
My teenage boys give that away haha
I own (and listen to) cassette tapes!
My wrinkles, grey roots, and 40 year old daughter give away my age!
Ha! Good one. So do I!
I would have to say my grey hair at my temples is my age giveaway.
I would have to say it is the age spots appearing on my hands.
fine lines around my eyes
my gray hair and my fine lines appearing on my forehead and around my eyes
Fine lines
The music I listen to, my dance moves and the grey roots that manage to poke through
Probably the colour of my skin. I need to drink more water as I look tired all the time.
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Brown spots above my cheeks.
Knowing all the theme songs to the kids shows. 😉
My age shows in my hair, I just hate gray hair, it looks awful when you have dark hair! I'm not dealing with it very well, as you can tell…haha! Thanks for this great giveaway! PS. I have wrinkles and my skin is beginning to sag, but we won't discuss that 🙁 Have a good day & thanks again! Paula C.
I apologize, after entering, I just noticed that it's for Canadian residents only 🙁
I won this on another blog so PLEASE delete my entries and thanks OLAY
the lines on my neck and my dark eye bags
The laugh lines around my eyes give it away.
I would say the grey around my temples.
Crows feet at my eyes
Gray hair for sure
My hands or my random gray hairs.
Besides my three little girls following me around everywhere, I think my grey roots give my real age away! I try hard to hide them though…!
I think my grey hairs gives me away
My eye and forehead deep lines and wrinkles
The dark circles under my eyes 🙁
the music that was new for me in high school is now classic rock
I would say my graying hair gives it away for me.
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The fact that my oldest daughter is 27 gives my age away!
My hands.
My frown lines and laugh lines are a dead giveaway.
My grey hair gives it away
My gray hair for sure.
I turned 46 this year, and with that, it appears my hair wants to all be gray instead of just a little.
I think the lines around my eyes.
The white hair gives my age away.
Greying hair and fine lines are my giveaway
The grey in my hair and my teenage daughter give my age away
My grey hair!
My laugh wrinkles give my age away.
My laugh wrinkles give my age away.
My laugh wrinkles give my age away.
My fine lines around my eyes and lips are my aging signs.
I could use some help with Olay for that!!! 🙂
Grey hair!
I have crows feet starting around my eyes and they are definitely a giveaway.
The wrinkles around my eyes (Suzi)
My 16 year old daughter lol
The dark circles under my eyes
The wrinkles around my eyes are a dead give away!
I'm looking a little older than my chronological age. I have some lines forming on my forehead 😉
probably neck and hands
I think it's often the skin of the neck – women take great care to reduce the look of aging on their face, and they touch up their hair, etc. but many forget that you need to take care of the skin of your neck the same way that you do your face.
I think the music I listen to gives away my age.
grey hair
Fortunately wrinkles are not predominant on my face, however, age giveaway take a peek at my hands. Seems they have shrunk somewhat and ripples are evident…*gulp*
My hands and my grey hair
My laugh lines give away my true age. And some frown lines are starting on my forehead – might be time to get bangs!
My grey roots give my age away.
The ages of my kids and the tiny lines around my eyes.
Definitely the wrinkles!
My hair which is starting to get quite a lot of grey hair and also the wrinkles around my mouth and at the corners of my eyes. So it begins…..
My age giveaways are the fine lines around my eyes and mouth. If I din't color my hair that would be a dead giveaway too.
Probably my age spots on my hands.
my crows feet around my eyes
I actually dont look my age , but i have a few laugh lines and eye lines