She Still Looks Good...For Her Age

Over the weekend, a commentator made a remark heard around the world from the London Olympic Games, perhaps you heard the soundBITE (hence the spelling and CAPS). If not, it was stated something about the competitor and being sexy. How bout that? You think a point could been given for such a talent at such a prestigious and well-respected sporting event? Being sexy? Hum. Or even worse, a deduction for the lack thereof? Preposterous. Here's the kicker, what if I would have heard that same remark watching an event such as the Olympic Games let's say, 15 years ago? Would I have even noticed...much less cared? Sadly, I doubt it.

It made me think of a part in the movie, Waiting to Exhale, you may remember it. The movie centered around four middle aged women and the man troubles they were having..and among other things mid-life females deal with. In one scene, a character, Whitney Houston, portrayed a woman named Savannah in the film. Anyway, she and the three girlfriends are sitting together, talking, drinking, laughing...and Savannah says,  "I'm 36 years old, and I STILL look good"...in an tipsy state, but it's very funny. She wants to convince herself and her peers...she's still, in fact, looks just as good as possibly the younger version of what she once was. I use that line...all the time, doing the same thing that Houston did in that scene. Convincing myself and those around me that my age doesn't effect my looks and it doesn't bother me...well, not that  much. It's humorous. I also, using that line, but omitting the age, tell my mid-age girlfriends and guy friends that as well...usually when they reach yet another birthday. BUT, I don't say it to the ones I don't think STILL look good...mean, I know. I'm like that. But, I still try to make 'em feel better (with something similar to that)...like a twisted term of endearment. They don't need my approval for their outward appearance, no harm no fowl and no one is the wiser. If they flat out ask me about themselves... if they need to lose weight or perhaps make other changes, I tell them that to. They asked, if they didn't want the truth...then they should not have asked me.

Final and last point of reference....how bout this line, "She still looks good for her age." What in the hell kinda line is that? To me, that's like saying an older car still runs like it did the day they drove it off the lot. Drives like a dream, interior still in pretty good shape, body of the exterior and the paint job still looking newly washed and waxed and engine starts right up every single time. Don't say it to me...I take offense to it, and you should too. Just say, she/he STILL looks good. Period. Appreciate that, leaving age aside.

There are tons and I mean tons of songs/videos portraying what is sexy. I'm not listing them here. You know what they are. I've never been in one of the videos, as a matter of fact, never seen any of you on the screen either. BUT, we STILL look good. :)

This is one of my all time favorite songs, the first time I heard it...I was in the car with my daddy years ago. It's one of his favorites to this day and mine as well. It's an on-going joke between us. We automatically (on cue) go into a verse when looks are put on the table. Not that he or I are vain...nope, not at all. Why  would you think that is what I was implying?

Now, go buy some face cream, diet foods and hit the gym on your way home today!