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yblame t1_j6bnrll wrote

Bless this old lady for laughing. Watching your young flesh slowly sink to skin and bone takes many years of living a life of laughter and heartbreak and seeing your family get bigger while losing your brothers and sisters and it's a whole convoluted thing. That lady earned that skin she's living in and she knows what she looks like. Lets not make fun

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Pushed-pencil718 t1_j6bzyy8 wrote

I think by the time you reach her age, you no longer give a crap what people say or think about you lol

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MrHazard1 t1_j6cqd25 wrote

This. That's probably her grandkid, she's holding and she seems to be happy.

I could also argue how i "earned my white beard" and stuff, but idgas when i'm the uncle, who's getting his beard pulled "is this glued on? Are you santa?"

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sortaitchy t1_j6d298g wrote

I'm not that old but certainly have skin issues and white hair already. My skin is surprising to the kids where I work and when nap time comes round I am supposed to be gently rubbing their backs to get them to sleep. What generally happens is that I feel a soft, supple little hand caressing my forearm, squeezing it, playing with the skin. I had scleroderma and it made my skin look hard, almost like plastic, but because I use a lot of lotion it's surprisingly soft. One little girl said my arm was like her pretty velvet dress. I understood what she was trying to say. Bulky, lots of folds, but so soft. It doesn't hurt when the kids kind of grab a handful of skin - it's just skin.

Like you said so nicely, she knows what it looks like, there is nothing she can do about it, and she's lived that skin for a long time. It's weird to anyone young, but it's part of the process. I don't like people making fun of her smile though - that's just mean.

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McDropshot t1_j6brxy8 wrote

Pretty cool comment till that last sentence, ya buzzkill

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jorgelino_ t1_j6c9tvo wrote

"Bless her for laughing and living a life of laughter. That being said, let's not laugh."

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