Why didn’t someone warn me that once I hit the middle age years, my skin would lose its elasticity faster than a stretched-out rubber band? Wrinkles, I understand…but sagging? I didn’t see that one coming.
Despite the hours I spend at the gym to tone and firm what God gave me, the skin on my body still looks like an accordion. I’m pretty sure that if every crease was stretched out flat, I’d have enough skin to cover two people. There’s even excess flesh on my back . If I could pull it up over my head, I’d have a skin hoodie for all those cold winter nights.
I had to stop wearing tank tops years ago too, and not because my boobs look like they belong on a reality TV show called, “Gourds Gone South.” I chucked all my sleeveless shirts because they revealed the extra skin flaps under my arms, and I didn’t want to be mistaken for a flying squirrel.
The same goes for slinky dresses and tight jeans. No amount of sit-ups or stomach crunches can erase the effects of birthing four children by c-section coupled with years of yo-yo dieting. I doubt that I’ll ever regain enough muscle tone in my waistline to wear a bathing suit in public again. I’m cursed with a deflated inner tube that’s stuck around my middle like a droopy doughnut (minus the chocolate sprinkles). Sadly, the only part of my body that hasn’t lost muscle tone is my uterus. That particular organ is about as tough as overcooked calamari.
I need to combat these sagging parts one area at a time. Lately I’ve been Googling Brazilian butt lifts because I think a little booty enhancement would do wonders for my bottom, which is heading south at an alarming rate. If my fanny drops any lower, I’ll be dusting the floors with it….and I’ll be the first person to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records as a Human Swifter Butt.
Spanx was invented for this very reason—-to give the false impression that both my tummy and derriere are firm. Unfortunately, the tight fabric just pushes things further south until my thighs are rubbing together like mating seals. At this point in my life, I consider it pure luck that I haven’t received a free, lifetime membership to Sea World.
I’ve also noticed that my earlobes are beginning to hang a bit lower. It won’t be long before all my dangly earrings are resting on my shoulder blades. But on the bright side, if my earlobes continue to droop, they can serve as wind flaps while I’m driving down the road. At least the grand kids won’t have to worry about grandma running any red lights.
The good news about my sagging skin? By the time I’m a senior citizen, I’ll be able to tug on the drawstring of my skin hoodie to look twenty years younger.
Or maybe just swim year ’round in the warm pools at Sea World.
(This post first ran on Menopausal Mother.)
About the author: Marcia Kester Doyle is a native Floridian and a married mother of four children and has one grandchild. She is the author of the humorous blog, Menopausal Mother, where she muses on the good, the bad and the ugly side of menopausal mayhem. Give her a glass of wine and a jar of Nutella and she’ll be your best friend. Marcia is a contributing writer for Huffington Post, In The Powder Room, What The Flicka and HumorOutcasts. Her work has also appeared on Scary Mommy, BlogHer, Lost In Suburbia, The Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop, Midlife Boulevard, Mamapedia, BA50 and The Woven Tale Press among others. She is the author of the humorous book, “Who Stole My Spandex? Midlife Musings From A Middle-Aged MILF” and is an author contributor to four other books. Marcia is a BlogHer Voice Of The Year 2014 recipient and her blog Menopausal Mother won VoiceBoks Top Hilarious Parent Blogger 2014. She was also voted top 25 in the Circle Of Moms Contest 2013. You can also find Marcia’s blog on Facebook and Twitter.
22 Comments
Oh man…the earlobes? Really? Is nothing sacred! Sigh.
Sadly, no…..but if you find a plastic surgeon who is good at earlobe reduction, let me know….
Skin hoodie…HAHAHAHAHH
My creative mind wanders down some very strange roads indeed.
That is some hilarious stuff. I can hardly wait to get old. My boobs are going to look like tennis balls in knee socks
i LOVE that metaphor fro sagging boobs!
I do recall reading that the nose and earlobes, never truly stops growing.. My skin is still holding on but it looks like I’m storing bubble wrap under it.
OMG YES! That is a GREAT description of my upper thighs, ha-ha!!
LOL! Marcia, those dangling earrings will still have you in fashion, just call them shoulder sweepers!lol!
I suppose I could always tattoo them so they would at least LOOK like fancy earrings…..
“I need to combat these sagging parts one area at a time”…. yep, so true. And after you tangle one area… another goes! Great post!
Thanks, Christina—and yes, so true! Just when I think I have the droopy boob problem solved with a push-up bra, my stomach starts to hang. So I strap on a girdle, and then the skin bulges out on my thighs from being squeezed so hard at the waist. WTF??
Oh my gosh, this is all so true and so sad. I’m right there with you and if it helps any, take all your pictures lying on your back. It makes us look much younger lol.
Excellent advice, Keriann! From now on, all my selfless will be taken at a horizontal position!
Oh yikes! I hadn’t noticed the earlobes. I can live with the sagging boobs and body (thank goodness for push-up bras and spanx, eh? 😉 ), but what bothers me the most is the sagging FACE! You know, that “lovely” jowly look? Even at 60, the wrinkles aren’t too bad (at least overweight and oily skin are good for something!), but the “face melt” is truly awful.
Love your humorous take on life!
Thank you, Debbie! Oh yeah—the “face melt” is really aggravating. My cheeks are sagging like a skin Tsunami heading south to my jaw.
Great post, Marcia! “Gourds Gone South” LMAO! And I shouldn’t be laughing ‘cause I am there!! And all the rest too, sigh. Think I should buy some stock in Spanx! Thanks for the laughs! 🙂
You’re in good company, my friend. Next time you go shopping for Spanx, give me a call. My supply is getting low.
NOT looking forward to this. Happy to say that in my mid-forties everything is still holding tight.
You are a very lucky lady! Share your secret! 🙂
OMG. HA! This was FANTASTIC. ‘Human Swifter Butt’. LOL. I was admiring my wrinkly belly button in the mirror yesterday. C-Sections/childbirth creates for an interesting button. It’s stretchy…
Yep! My belly looks more like a road map now after the four c-sections and all the stretch marks!