Gypsy Jan
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Perceptions of Beauty
You all can pile on here, but this is an interesting subject that keeps coming up.
Young Mexican men compliment me in a nice way about my looks.
My housekeeper told me today, when I was joking/complaining about being sixty years old, that her husband said that I was beautiful and that I must
have been a model. She was not jealous of me at all,, just sharing his comment.
Do Latino men look at older women and see beyond the young thing?
[Edited on 4-25-2012 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Skipjack Joe
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I completely understand. Mexican women swoon over me.
"Igor. Que guapo eres"
I've learned to accept it now.
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DENNIS
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Ain't no age barriers when machismo needs reaffirming. 
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dpwahoo
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Im waiting for my reassurance.
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paranewbi
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I remember when I was in my early 40s and we had our first grandchild...looked at my wife and exclaimed; "never thought I'd be sleeping with a
Grandma"!
Wish I hadn't waited so long now!
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zoesterone
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
You all can pile on here, but this is an interesting subject that keeps coming up.
Young Mexican men compliment me in a nice way about my looks.
My housekeeper told me today, when I was joking/complaining about being sixty years old, that her husband said that I was beautiful and that I must
have been a model. She was not jealous of me at all,, just sharing his comment.
Do Latino men look at older women and see beyond the young thing?
[Edited on 4-25-2012 by Gypsy Jan] |
Of course, now we all want to know what you look like. '-)
Dogs are not our whole life, but make our lives whole.
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Ateo
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I say, a beautiful woman, is a beautiful woman.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by zoesterone
| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
You all can pile on here, but this is an interesting subject that keeps coming up.
Young Mexican men compliment me in a nice way about my looks.
My housekeeper told me today, when I was joking/complaining about being sixty years old, that her husband said that I was beautiful and that I must
have been a model. She was not jealous of me at all,, just sharing his comment.
Do Latino men look at older women and see beyond the young thing?
[Edited on 4-25-2012 by Gypsy Jan] |
Of course, now we all want to know what you look like. '-) |
post a picture or two............
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castaway$
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Your Avatar kinda makes you look like a dog 
Live Indubiously!
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vandenberg
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eye of the beholder...and all that rubbish
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Do Latino men look at older women and see beyond the young thing?
[Edited on 4-25-2012 by Gypsy Jan] |
It would be unfair to ask non-Latino men to respond to this question. It's a fact that the average man thinks of sex every 8 seconds, more or
less. These men also think of eating and sleeping but probably less often than sex.
If you want the average older, white nomad man to honestly respond to this question, post your most attractive photo and we'll respond for all men,
including the Latino men who saw you.
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durrelllrobert
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A latino friend of mine said it best in this poem
I like women over 60
Thet don't tell
They don't yell
They don't swell, and..
The're gratfull as hell
Bob Durrell
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Barry A.
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Some mature women radiate beauty from within, as well as in appearance------sounds like you are one of them. 
When in China several years ago, many young Chinese women would titter and giggle as they passed me on the street. I asked our "guide" what they were
saying, and she said, "they think you look like Pres. George Bush". 
You just never really know what others think, but it is all good (hopefully) IMHO.
Barry
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Mexican women swoon over me.
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This happens to you too? While walking down the
street in Guatemala City back in the day, women
would stop me, and comment about my blue eyes
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Skipjack Joe
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to quote Woody Allen:
Some men have it and some men don't
It's just that I have - so much.
I recently saw an biography on Jack Benny. It seems that was part of his comedy as well. A loser who perceived himself to be a ladies man. The
absurdity of it all had you laughing in stitches.
[Edited on 4-25-2012 by Skipjack Joe]
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BajaBlanca
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well, interesting question and from my latinA experience, I would have to say yes .... latinos have a very different perception of women no matter
what the age. sexy is sexy. beautiful is beautiful. round and rotund desireable.
last year when I went to Mexico City, I was on my own when I went to pick up my passport and got flirted with on the streets .. hadn't had this happen
to me in a looooooong time, trust me.
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Oso
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I married a Mexican woman older than me. We're coming up on 49 yrs together. If we live another year it's the golden. I still think she's
beautiful.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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shari
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i find it refreshing that mexicanos have a more realistic view of "beauty" and they appreciate normal looking women instead of only the model type
movie star beauty. Doesn't matter if you are a bit rotund, short, not particularly pretty or a ripe old age..you still get hit on!!!
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Gypsy Jan
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Hi Y'all, You Want a Picture?
All I have is tif files which I can't post.
For what it is worth, I won an Elizabeth Taylor look-alike contest a few (cough, several) years ago.
I am not holding myself up to any beauty standard, just making a conversation about perceptions.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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