Wrinkles
My tablecloth is full of wrinkles. Our sheets sit crumpled in a basket until I put them on the bed. And I don’t iron pants. After years of loathing the iron, I made peace.
A conversation that took place two years ago:
“We need to do something about my pants,” says my husband.
“What should WE do?”
“They need ironed.”
“I’m not ironing anymore.”
“Why, aren’t you ironing anymore?”
“They aren’t my pants and I’m not going to iron them.”
He ironed his pants, one time, setting the iron down with a thud to catch my attention and to shoot me a glare. Now, he sends his khakis out to be pressed. It is worth the fifteen bucks a month. Life is too short to worry about wrinkles.
But I am worried about wrinkles. The ones the wrinkle fairy is leaving on my face at night. It was one thing to have a few crows’ feet, but these new wrinkles are the old lady, face-deforming type. At the corners of my mouth it looks like the wrinkle fairy took a paring knife and carved out a tiny line of flesh. This is worrisome. I don’t know if all the wrinkle creams in my arsenal will work.
I’m not ready to age, but Botox scares the bageebees out of me. My aversion to chemicals extends far and wide and especially to injections. The aging process will continue so I have to make some sort of peace with my wrinkles. Too bad I can’t send them out to be pressed. Well I could, but I don’t think that’s me. At least not yet.
I’m conflicted about facial enhancements. If they come up with an organic, mung bean injection I may try it. But it isn’t just the chemicals I’m afraid of, but rather the selling out, jumping on the “beauty is skin deep” band wagon. What message would a laser lift or chemical peel (scary name!) send my daughter? She already gets her brow waxed. When I was growing up girls thought wax was for ears. Now they’re slathering their bodies with it. Childbirth will be easier for them all.
Since I have no peace about my new wrinkles, do you have any products in your vanity that may help until the organic mung bean injection is ready?
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April 18th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Great post, my MIL irons everything including the sheets. Her napkins are so prickly and stiff that they bring forth blood at the Thanksgiving table, which only creates all sorts of laundry issues–you know getting blood out of the antique lace table cloth. I’m not against any sort of cosmetic work in principle, but I know I’d be the one who gets botoxed beyond normal standards and I’ll never smile or frown. What would I do if I didn’t frown for goodness sakes? And surgery? I know I’d be the one to pay top dollar to acquire the services of the best surgeon in the country only to have him infect me with staph or some other grotesque disease. No, I’m stuck with the old methods.
April 20th, 2007 at 8:37 am
Take it from one who has “been there” (and still tries every new creme that comes out to no avail,) if you look at those wrinkles from a different perspective and think of each one representing time that becomes more precious with each year, they almost disappear. (at least until you look into that 5x magnifying glass.)
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:41 am
Topical Vitamins are effective in treating Skin Wrinkles. I used Topical Vitamin C and Topical Vitamin B3 to combat wrinkles.