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Now days the saying “grow old gracefully” has a whole new meaning. Forget about celebrating your inner beauty and accepting the wrinkles around your eyes and the sagging body parts. For women–and increasing men–these are the signs of involuntary asexuality. And anyone going through this would hardly call their state of being “graceful”. No, awkward, embarrassing, even depressing is more like it.

Here’s where the lady in the photo comes in. From the looks of it, Mamie Van Doren isn’t going down, or getting old, without a fight. Face lift, check. Breast augmentation, double check. Hair extensions, hmmm… well if she’s not wearing some kind of hair piece, kudos to her.

You see, Ms. Van Doren is 77. Okay, she’s not exactly “growing old gracefully” but she sure looks happy. She puts most average boomer girls to shame. With all the anti-aging products and procedures, anyone who doesn’t at least dye their hair or watch their weight is simply old. And that’s not sexy.

How did we get to this point? We should be ashamed.