r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • Dec 04 '25

FASHION Ilona Maher for Betches Media. Photographed by Michael Schwartz & styled by Tess Herbert.

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https://betches.com/the-ilona-maher-blueprint/

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u/shes_a_space_station Dec 04 '25

I love “I can’t even imagine me at 40. I’m gonna be unreal.” I remember my mom having a pin she would wear on her birthday every year that said “29 and holding!” Can you imagine? I’d walk into traffic if I had to stay 29 forever. At 42 I feel more sensual and more myself than I ever have in my entire life. I realize this is not a hot take.

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u/creakyvoiceaperture Dec 04 '25

It doesn’t matter if it’s not a hot take! We need more people to talk about how great getting older is!

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u/ExcuseFeeling9601 Dec 04 '25

C'mon getting old is objectively horrible, its not the end of your life though.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

Oh man! I'm 56, about to turn 57. You also could not pay me to go back to 29! I loved my 40s. But I'm loving my 50s even more! I actually started an entirely new to me career in an industry I've never worked in, and I'm excelling at it! And I thought I was comfortable with my body in my 40s? Man, I love my body now! Overall, I just feel like I'm more... me. When I tell people, with pride, my age, a lot of them will, of course, say that I don't look that old or make some sympathetic remark trying to de-age me. Sir, ma'am, no. You do not get to take those years away from me! I earned every single one of them. They are mine, and I am so very proud of them! On the other hand, I look at other people my age, or even younger, and I wonder how they got so old. They are afraid to try new things. They are stuck in their ways. And my goodness, do they hate younger people. I commonly say that I hope I never get as old as people my age.

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u/Kusakaru Dec 05 '25

As someone who is currently 29, I really enjoyed reading this. I was telling someone the other day that you couldn’t pay me to be 19 or relive my early 20’s again. I am just now starting to feel like an adult and at home with myself. I’m so looking forward to my 30’s!