Let's get real, shall we? I warned you it was a rant day...
I get so many messages with questions or statements like, "There's no way you're in your 50s", "Why are you telling everyone you're in your 50s when you obviously aren't", and my personal favorite "Do you think telling people you are in your 50s will get all the young men's attention?"
Sigh. Trust me, I have better things to do than to lie about my age on Tumblr. I am indeed 56 years old. Do I look it? I don't fucking know. I don't know how old I'm supposed to look because I've never been this old before. But, here's the thing. Like John Wayne said in "The Undefeated", "Windage and elevation, Mrs. Langdon, windage and elevation," only in photography it's angles and lighting, Tumblr peeps, angles and lighting. I show you what I want you to see. What I think looks good on me. I'm not skinny. I have a belly. I have loose skin from losing a lot of weight 4 years ago. I have scars and stretch marks and my boobs sag. 🤷♀️ So...in my selfies I might not look 56 to some of you. That sounds like a you problem, not a me problem. 😉
Another question I get quite often is, "Why did you start posting so many selfies?" Well, I'll tell you. All I ever saw on Tumblr was the perfect female bodies...the young ones with no stretch marks, loose skin, or scars. I just thought it was time someone my age was posting pics of themselves. (I'm sure there are other women my age posting, but they just never came across my feed.) And maybe by doing so I can encourage other women to do the same.
To wrap up...just be nice, okay?
