What Is This All About?

I've just been reading some articles on "looking younger." I had to quit; it was making me nauseous. I don't want to hear about how a 65 year old woman is still so sexy that a 45-year-old male made a pass at her at work. I don't want to hear about how unfashionable it is to wear "mom jeans." (What the heck are mom jeans? And what SHOULD moms be wearing?) I don't want to hear about how out-of-style my purse is, or how no one with any fashion sense at all would be caught dead in a velour jogging suit. What is this all really about? Does it really matter what we wear? What happened to just being clean and tasteful and modest? I feel better when I wash my face and comb my hair and wear a clean, comfortable blouse. I'd like to lose some weight. But I don't expect to ever look like one of those skinny, air-brushed gals we see on the magazine covers or on TV. What's wrong with being real? What's wrong with taking care of ourselves and feeling pretty because we like who we are? Are we spending the most time and energy on the things that are most important in our lives, like family and friends and service? Or are we all wrapped up in me, me, me? What is the price we're paying to look younger and be hipper and impress others?