Human beings are contrary creatures. When we are

young, we did everything to look older, confusing it with maturity and dressing

up to look more worldly and sophisticated, at least in our minds.

Then we age and start hitting those milestones of 30,

35 and the rest and suddenly we want to stop the ageing process and be youthful

and spritely again. So the hemlines get shorter, our hairstyles more chic and

we drink green juice and do yoga as if these will compensate for the fact that

our age is no longer on the calendar.

Indeed, the older we get the more we try to reverse the

ageing process, men and women alike. So why aren’t we allowed to age gracefully?

Why all the hoopla about being forever young?

The following represent some general views on why

youth is supposedly wasted on the young:

1. The media drives this obsession created by the

beauty products industry:  So if you do

not have a batch of face creams and moisturisers dresser you are being left

behind

2. Women tear down other women down and the first

thing that they go for is looks: You could be the best mother and an incredible

career woman, if you do not look like or aspire to look like Kardashian

apparently something is wrong with you.

3. Some men leave their spouses for younger women: This

then translates to young women have all the luck and all the men

4. Youth is associated with vibrancy and health: Unfortunately

a lot of people think that as you get older, sickness will be your constant

companion

5.  People want

to look like their favourite celebrities: Nine times out of ten, these are hot

bodied individuals with nice abs and cushy tushies and millions of dollars to

maintain them.