Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I know a number of women and a couple of men who haven't changed at all since their college years into their early 50's. However, looking up old friends who are now in their 60's, they're hard to recognize.
Some of it depends on the individual. For some women, menopause seems to make the difference a night-and-day one; women who haven't aged through their early 50's will suddenly age 20 years after they get slammed with major hormonal change. Others don't have a hard time with it, and don't change much at all. Still others do put on weight, if they're not taking hormone replacement.
Generally speaking...generally... loosing your teeth changes the shape of your face,your mouth sinks in. The tendency to form jowls in older years, makes a bigger change in shape even without weight gain.
Either of those things or even worse, both, can make one look unrecognizable.
Very often, once somebody smiles, it's easier to "see" who they once were.
Is there a lesson here? Yeah, smile!!
I am 62 and a few years ago I came across a group kindergarten school picture of myself. My granddaughter, who was 6 years old at the time picked me right out of the group of about 30 kids. So I guess I haven't changed all that much. I run into people from high school occasionally who recognize me immediately.
We attended a neighborhood "empty nesters" party a year ago where everyone had to submit their high school yearbook photo ahead of time. The hosts posted the photos on a large board, and everyone had to match adults (aged 50-70) with their high school photos as part of a game.
There were probably 30 people at the party and thus 30 photos on the board. Only a few of the high school pics were obvious -- maybe 2 or 3. Maybe 10 bore absolutely no recognizable resemblance to the adults. Zero. And the rest were a struggle to find some similarity.
The older you get the harder it will be to recognize you. I have a picture of myself at about age 25. I had bleached blonde hair, long and straight. I was wearing contact lenses.
Hardly any resemblance today because now, at age 73, I see no point in fussing with contacts and I'm not gonna bleach my hair blonde. (I color it light brown, closer to what should be my natural color.) The hair style has changed too.
Yes, at some point, you develop those awful jowls. I only know one person from high school and he looks sorta of the same in his face but he has a belly now--not fat, just a beer belly--and his hair is gray. I would know him from his kind smile though.
We attended a neighborhood "empty nesters" party a year ago where everyone had to submit their high school yearbook photo ahead of time. The hosts posted the photos on a large board, and everyone had to match adults (aged 50-70) with their high school photos as part of a game.
There were probably 30 people at the party and thus 30 photos on the board. Only a few of the high school pics were obvious -- maybe 2 or 3. Maybe 10 bore absolutely no recognizable resemblance to the adults. Zero. And the rest were a struggle to find some similarity.
Even trying to match a childhood photo to an adult photo is hard. Back in high school there was some sort of contest and, on the main bulletin board, they posted childhood pictures of our teachers. One child was on a horse and she looked the same as my math teacher--and she WAS my math teacher. Math teacher was still young and her face hadn't changed that much.
With some of the others you could still make out the facial resemblance while others were total mysteries, especially the older ones. Back in those days there weren't many fat people so it was more about how they faces had changed over the years.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
