Last night I found some frown lines on my face. I was horrified enough to plaster on extra moisturizer before going to bed. But when I told the boy about them, he said it is okay to use Botox. I suppose that's nice of him...
I've resolved to try and avoid frowning, as much as I can.
I can now see a clear and practical link between the twin reputations Asians have for
1. inscrutability and
2. agelessness.
Oh, how I curse my expressive youth...
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Blame it on your Little Madame. I didn't have a grey hair until Patrick came along, I swear.
You've only just found them NOW? Wait till you find the jowly neck and triple chins [the body part below the mouth, not your triplet cousins ;-)].
They DO say it takes less facial muscles to smile than it does to frown, but my problem is that when I was younger I tended to squint a lot at the same time - I'm expecting crow's feet to erupt any day now.
A neutral face would be good but I think most people would just think I was being grumpy.
I don't have frown lines, but you know those lines Fred Flintstone has at the side of his mouth that go down to his chin? I'm getting those.
ms mac: most people blame their spouses for their grey hair ;-)
desiree:a neutral face would probably just make us look like I've had a labotomy.
cathi: aren't those called laugh lines? According to the boy, they're the most (if not only) attractive lines you can get.
Hmmm, I thought laugh lines were around the eyes. I'm talking about the two caverns, only a centimetre long, but deep and permanent, travelling down my face from the side of my mouth. I don't know what shape my face would have to make to crease there when I laugh.
Perhaps I should laugh more?
cathi: those lines around the eyes are just crows' feet, aren't they? I always thought laughter lines were the ones on either side of your mouth.
I feel the same problem coming on. Probably due to my having made faces all my life. Since I both laugh and frown, a lot, it's tough to say which one those lines by the mouth are due to.
glomgold: didn't Bill Cosby say something about the funny faces you make becoming permanent if you weren't careful? The lines are probably the real-life version.
I guess that's the price one pays in life for showing emotion. :)
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