Did you look better at 20 or 40? (1 Viewer)

[moleculo]

I got laid a hell of a lot more when I was 20. Of course I'm married now with 3 kids.

Well that sucks. Opposite for me. 20 year old me was practically a monk...40 year old me hits it like...well, like a 20 year old.

 

[trogg78]

I look awful now. I don't even wear eyeliner anymore.

 

[SFBayDuck]

I'm in better shape and have more hair on my head now at 42 than at 20. Thanks running and Propecia!

 

[James Daulton]

I like to tell myself I look better now than 20. I'm lying to myself.

 

[Instinctive]

I'm only 23, and I already dream about looking like I did when I was 20.

 

[DocHolliday]

I have always kept myself in great shape. I looked great at 40 but was a stud at 20. As pointed out by others, keeping your hair is a big plus for keeping your looks.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I look awful now. I don't even wear eyeliner anymore.

Old ladies generally over-do the eyeliner so just stick with a touch of lite blue eye-shadow.

 

[Dr Oadi]

I looked better at 20 but have more action at 40 so maybe the uglier people put out more? Not sure.

 

[Ditka Butkus]

Men look better at 40 women look better at 20. Women do not age well.

 

[Shrugs]

At nearly 37 I think I look similar to 20 except that I'm better groomed and dress better as well as more confident and comfortable with myself, and those things make a big difference. I weigh about the same, have a bit more muscle, my hairline is a bit higher and has a little gray in it but it isn't that noticeable yet. By 40, I'm sure it will be more noticeably mixed with the gray. But I imagine the rest won't change much.

 

[sports_fan]

Pretty ugly at both.

 

[Jayrod]

I'm 37. At 20 I was a two sport college athlete and lifted weights year round. Currently, I'm a bit overweight and don't have near the same muscle definition. Face/hair has held up well and I have better skin now, but my body was top notch from 19-25. Voted 20.

 

[Al O'Pecia]

I turned 40 today. Frankly, I look almost the same. I have a few wrinkles and occasional grays, but not all that different, really.

When I was 20, I weighed about 130 lbs, and was a little pudgy at that weight. At 40, I weigh about 150 (ok, 155), and am fairly trim. I have certainly filled out then, and you can definitely see that in my face.

Happy B-day! So, unpack this for me...at 20, you were pudgy when 130lbs? When I was 20, I weighed 130 and was 4% body fat and only 5'7...are you a Smurf? And then how did you gain 25 lbs and are trim? Did you grow a few inches past age 20?

I was a college wrestler so my definition of pudgy may be different than others. When I was 18, I wrestled at 112 lbs. When I was 19 and 20, I wrestled at 118. When I say I weighed 130 and was pudgy, that's in comparison to my competition weight. I was then, and am now, 5'5", so I suppose I'm a pale smurf, sure.

the 25 lbs is mostly just filling out - I think I simply wasn't done growing yet....not in height, but in terms of muscular development. I was hovering around 140 when I graduated college at 23. I ballooned up to 167 by the time I was 35, and then lost the weight back down to a skinny 145 by this time last year. Around that time, I started lifting and have packed on a little bulk to get me to around 150, and have been off my diet so I've ballooned up to the 155ish I am today.

ETA - fairly trim means I am trim when compared to most 40 year old men. I'm pudgy by wrestler standards, probably more pudgy than I thought I was when I was 20.

I didn't know you were a collegiate wrestler, but I remember you discussing your MMA training. Are you planning a fight? And, if so, what weight class?

I was, but abandoned the dream. Simply, there aren't enough hours in the day for me to be a productive employee, father, husband, and MMA fighter. I think it may be possible for a younger man to do all of that, but I find that I fall apart if I don't get 8 hours of sleep. I still train, but not as hard as I did at this point last year. I was going to try to fight at 135 - I was walking around at about 145, and a 10 lb cut wouldn't have killed me.

I admire you at least giving it a try. I'm in a similar position in life in terms of commitments, and I couldn't imagine dedicating enough time for full training in anything never mind a combat sport.

 

[belljr]

20. But 23 was prime time

 

[Sabertooth]

I was about 20 lbs fatter then. So I voted now.

 

[FUBAR]

38

in better shape and bald is much more accepted now

 

[tommyboy]

physically better looking at 20. but my wallet makes much more attractive now

 

[pats3in4]

Edit: I see the pole results contradict this. People let themselves go? Lost hair? What gives?

Speaking for myself, I'm in much, much better shape now (at 46), but the hair on top of my head is long gone, whatever hair I have left elsewhere is turning grey, my skin is really starting to show its age (part sun damage, part old age) that moisturizing just isn't going to fix, and there's a tiredness around the eyes.

I don't really look anything like I did at 20 now, the 20 year old me was much better looking.

We're about the same age. I have a friend our age who went bald and looks damn good. I think that his shaving off the remnants and going cue ball definitely was wise. From that aspect, his baldness combined with his graceful aging (men score in this regard vs. women) puts his latter years on top.

I get the skin and tiredness around the eyes part, though. You're in San Diego, right? I lived there for two years in my 20s and for sure had I settled there the sun damage would have reversed my response. I was the typical doofus 20-something male who didn't bother with sunscreen.

 

[Gr00vus]

Edit: I see the pole results contradict this. People let themselves go? Lost hair? What gives?

Speaking for myself, I'm in much, much better shape now (at 46), but the hair on top of my head is long gone, whatever hair I have left elsewhere is turning grey, my skin is really starting to show its age (part sun damage, part old age) that moisturizing just isn't going to fix, and there's a tiredness around the eyes.

I don't really look anything like I did at 20 now, the 20 year old me was much better looking.

We're about the same age. I have a friend our age who went bald and looks damn good. I think that his shaving off the remnants and going cue ball definitely was wise. From that aspect, his baldness combined with his graceful aging (men score in this regard vs. women) puts his latter years on top.

I get the skin and tiredness around the eyes part, though. You're in San Diego, right? I lived there for two years in my 20s and for sure had I settled there the sun damage would have reversed my response. I was the typical doofus 20-something male who didn't bother with sunscreen.

I've been cue balling it for nearly 15 years now, it's the best you can do in this situation. I'm not hideous or anything, but having a relatively full head of hair is generally a plus - at least you have options.

I've been in the Los Angeles area my whole life, and I too did the stupid male who didn't bother with sunscreen thing up until 5 or so years ago. Paying for it now.

 

[James Daulton]

I too think a full head of hair helps. Of course it's one of the few favorable genetic traits I got so maybe I'm biased.

 

[Wingnut]

I definitely looked smarter at 40 than at 20, so theres that.

 

[pantagrapher]

I looked better at 20.

I look better compared to my age cohort at 40.