# If I could age like this... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835 "2006-11-17T15:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/1 "2006-11-17T15:08:38Z")
…I’d die happy. Almost 50: [http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go\_fug\_yourself/2006/11/the](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2006/11/the) re\_are\_a\_lot.html 61: [http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go\_fug\_yourself/2006/10/wel](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2006/10/wel) l\_played\_hel.html 71: [http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006530501,00.html](http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006530501,00.html) The other Sophia pictures for the Pirelli calendar are also stunning. I realize “work” has been done, but it’s age-appropriate. Gorgeous. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/2 "2006-11-17T15:13:42Z")
Well, to put it into perspective, more work has been done on Sophia Loren than on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/3 "2006-11-17T15:24:02Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Well, to put it into perspective, more work has been done on Sophia Loren than on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. [/QUOTE] See…I don’t think so. I mean I’m fully cognizant that’s she’s had work done, but I guess because on her, it really looks “age-appropriate” I’m not willing to snark 😃 Joan VanArk & Barbara Eden could definitely have used a consult with whomever it is Sophia used. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/4 "2006-11-17T15:26:20Z")
First 2 links don’t work. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/5 "2006-11-17T15:28:04Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] First 2 links don’t work. [/QUOTE] Sorry - if you C&P the link into your browser, it should work. Many, many apologies. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/6 "2006-11-17T15:33:46Z")
I’m pleased to know that I’m not the only one who thinks that Jamie Lee Curtis is approximately 167% more attractive right now than she was when she was young. She really does look amazing. And I’ll tolerate no negative remarks about Ms. Loren, either. Who cares what she’s had done? She had it done _ **right** _, and she’s gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/7 "2006-11-17T15:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=Veuve\_ClicquotNJ] Sorry - if you C&P the link into your browser, it should work. Many, many apologies. VCNJ~ [/QUOTE] Still don’t work for me after C&P, and removing the spaces in ‘there’ and ‘well’. But Sofia? Hot diggity. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/8 "2006-11-17T15:53:53Z")
Fixed first two links: there were spaces in each. [http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go\_fug\_yourself/2006/11/there\_are\_a\_lot.html](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2006/11/there_are_a_lot.html) [http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go\_fug\_yourself/2006/10/well\_played\_hel.html](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2006/10/well_played_hel.html) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/9 "2006-11-17T15:58:37Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] Fixed first two links: there were spaces in each. > **[Typepad | Network Solutions](https://www.networksolutions.com/typepad?siteID=100&channelID=P99C100S653N0B5A1D0E0000V111)** > **[Typepad | Network Solutions](https://www.networksolutions.com/typepad?siteID=100&channelID=P99C100S653N0B5A1D0E0000V111)** [/QUOTE] Grazie. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/10 "2006-11-18T01:18:06Z")
Can I age like Susan Sarandon? ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/11 "2006-11-18T01:23:24Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] Can I age like Susan Sarandon? [/QUOTE] I think Susan’s gone a bit off. ---
**Author:** ![George\_Kaplin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/12 "2006-11-18T01:35:19Z")
Her powers are fading with age… ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/13 "2006-11-18T09:07:45Z")
Some may think I’m crazy, but I think [Madonna](http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4336/Madonnaper_Mazur_7413138_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Madonna%20(I)&seq=13)’s still looking pretty hot at 48. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/14 "2006-11-18T18:19:14Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa] Can I age like Susan Sarandon? [/QUOTE] What? You _hoping_ for senile dementia? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/15 "2006-11-18T18:26:43Z")
They may have had work done but they also have sacrificed and worked their asses off to look like they do. That means that they exercised a lot and didn’t spend most of their adult life overeating. Obviously there are genetics involved and people with money can afford personal trainers and such which helps. Would you have been willing to make the sacrifices in terms of diet and exercise in exchange for aging like those women? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_McChoakumchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Dr\_McChoakumchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_McChoakumchild)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/16 "2006-11-19T04:06:39Z")
The thing about Sophia Loren is that she has fantastic genes to work with. I’m seen pictures of her mother and she was absolutely stunning as well. There’s some picture floating around of them both at a cocktail party, looking like they’ve just had one of those _sotto voce_ mum and daughter arguments that you have in public places - and they both look pissed off and have the same exquisite skin, hair and bone structure. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_McChoakumchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@Dr\_McChoakumchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_McChoakumchild)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/17 "2006-11-19T04:11:53Z")
[Found it.](http://www.divasthesite.com/images/Diva_Mothers/Sophia_Loren_mother.jpg) I didn’t realise Sophia was that into tanning. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-could-age-like-this/380835/18 "2006-11-19T11:41:07Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] They may have had work done but they also have sacrificed and worked their asses off to look like they do. That means that they exercised a lot and didn’t spend most of their adult life overeating. Obviously there are genetics involved and people with money can afford personal trainers and such which helps. Would you have been willing to make the sacrifices in terms of diet and exercise in exchange for aging like those women? [/QUOTE] Obviously, I wasn’t, as it’s a fairly documented fact around here I’ve recently lost 152 pounds. And obviously, I know what is involved in looking like this at these ages - it was a tongue in cheek posting. You have a swell day. VCNJ~