Ever have one of those days where you feel everyone is staring at you?

[Aunt Marg]

A dovetail topic to SeaBreeze's, topic found here...

https://www.seniorforums.com/thread...-is-friendly-and-pleasant.12806/#post-1711581

- So how about it everybody, ever have days where you feel everyone is critiquing you?

- Like as if you have three eyes or two butts?

- Does it irritate you?

- Does it prompt you to question your dress or overall appearance?

- Does it make you feel as if you left the house incomplete?

 

[Llynn]

No. I am a nearly 76 year old white male. I am invisible.

 

[HoneyNut]

One of the nice things about getting old is NOT being looked at so much.

I learned that one of the personality characteristics is a sensitivity to being looked at. I'm sure I am way horridly high on that personality trait because working (pre-covid) in an open-plan office is all-day torture for me, I feel constantly observed there, I really dread having to go back to the office post-covid.

 

[jujube]

No. I am a nearly 76 year old white male. I am invisible.

I'm with you on this, Llynn. I'm a 73-year-old woman. I'm definitely invisible.

In fact, I was feeling so invisible last week, I went to the doctor but he was busy so he couldn't see me. Badda-Boom.

 

[MarciKS]

LOL! Doesn't bother me because me and the co-workers are usually having this convo behind the food bar....
"Ewww look at that dress. WTH possessed her to wear that? Is she pregnant?"

People used to stare at me a lot. Now I go basically unnoticed. LMAO!

 

[Keesha]

Sure. I feel like that almost everyday.

 

[Gardenlover]

I feel like most people are looking my way, staring, envious that they are not me. Just kidding - okay not really.

 

[JonDouglas]

Not since I was an awkward 13 year old.

 

[SetWave]

Only when I was high . . .

 

[jujube]

The definition of teenage angst: you're at the game, the team goes into a huddle and you're convinced they're talking about that humongous zit on your chin. Remember?

 

[Murrmurr]

Recently? Yes...once, when I stepped outside in just my bathrobe and the door locked on me. Had to walk all the way up to the manager's office, the full length of the complex, and then I had to wait there for the maintenance guy to find some spare time. Felt like forever.

 

[Ruthanne]

Not anymore. When I was a teen I often did...like when I'd get a blemish on my nose. Now I have a burst vein on my forehead that my doctor thought was skin cancer but my dermatologist told me it is not. Anyhow I don't worry about it any longer. It's just a part of what makes me me.

 

[Keesha]

Recently? Yes...once, when I stepped outside in just my bathrobe and the door locked on me. Had to walk all the way up to the manager's office, the full length of the complex, and then I had to wait there for the maintenance guy to find some spare time. Felt like forever.

Ok I have to admit that if I saw that, I’d chuckle too. Guilty as charged.