WOW, you were pretty at one time

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Sometimes when *I* look at pictures of myself as a toddler or a little girl, where I looked very different than I did when I got older, I say, "I was so pretty back then. I wonder what happened?"

I'd just tell the person that I had to be, because people were counting on me. It doesn't matter how I look or what I do now, because I'm older.

People should refrain saying stuff like that. Like for real, I'm in my 50's. WTH? I'm not 21 anymore. Of course I'm going to look different. Why point out the obvious?

The worst one I had was someone looking at photos of me from like 10 years ago and saying "the things that makes people look older is their skin". Thanks, that is just like saying I am wrinkly to my face. Well, having a kid that can't sleep will help with that.

I always turn to Sir Winston Churchill for solace when I hear about this type of putdown:

Churchill wasn’t exactly a hot tamale...but he was effective.

I don't think Churchill covered himself with glory with that comment... even in those unenlightened days.
Bessie Braddock was a remarkable Liverpool MP and she now has a statue in Liverpool Lime Street Station. We could do with a few more like her now.

If someone said I look good for 47 I would be happy with this. This has happened too.
I have had people comment on old photos and was pleased when they said I was pretty or beautiful.
Perhaps we have different ways of receiving a compliment or perceiving a compliment?

I didn't dignify her faux paux with a response.

@kraftie He did well enough, considering... Lady Churchill apparently loved him dearly all their married life, and was fiercely loyal in the face of his detractors.



@trueno: according to reports, though, she verbally and publically kicked a man who was already down, in terms of exhaustion both physical and mental. I'm egalitarian enough to feel that this was a fair return, in the circumstances. He certainly wasn't perfect, but in that moment, neither was she; and female aggression is usually social, and stealthy.

May they both rest in peace, including with one another .

@ historygal: nor do I, usually. It's enough to remind myself of the facts - helps my perspective most of the time .

Esmerelda: Winston and Bessie were poles apart politically, but perhaps too alike in other ways. I believe she was actually banned from Parliament at one stage... maybe she was roughing up the opposition. People from Liverpool are a contrary bunch, hence the statue.

Churchill was a man who any woman would go for.

He basically saved England during WW II.

So did the English people, of course.

Imagine being bombed every night for weeks and months....

I never had any illusions about not looking 25.....I don't need snarky reminders from friends. This is not the first time she took potshots at me for my appearance. I choose not to spend obscene amounts of money on hair and clothing.

That’s cool. I don’t spend too much on clothes myself. And I’m not exactly Brad Pitt.

Your appearance is nice enough. Not into Brad Pitt. Your wife is happy with you.

It really depends on the day lol