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If you walk by a mirror, will you check yourself out in it?

15 years ago

If you walk by a mirror, will you check yourself out in it?

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maryanntx
15 years ago
Yes, I always do. Also check out my reflexion in store windows.
mrsmarv
15 years ago
The only time I check myself in a mirror is when I'm getting ready for the day. Once and I'm done.
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Happy_Go_Lucky_Gayle
15 years ago
I check early morning and look no more. But, I do watch my reflection in a Glass Store Door, just to watch my my posture. I have a limp and try not to let it show.
chisue
15 years ago
These days I don't even like to catch myself in the mirror when I brush my teeth. Putting on makeup is done FAST. He!! to get old and wrinkled. Haven't yet draped all our mirrors in black, but it could happen!
jannie
15 years ago
Always, and I usually have to remind myself "Smile".
OklaMoni
15 years ago
yes, I do. I happen to like what I see, most of the time. Sometimes I realize, I should comb my hair. LOL

Moni
lydia1959
15 years ago
I do and then wish I hadn't. :-)
maryanntx
15 years ago
When Jammer and I ride through a town (on the bike) he almost always whistles and says something like, "Wow, check her out.", or "Man, that's a good looking couple." He always catches me off guard and I look over to see our reflexion in the store windows. LOL
glenda_al
15 years ago
I once bumped into a wall mirror in restaurant and said excuse me to myself :o)

No, not really!
I do at home when I'm dressing.
irishdancersgram
15 years ago
I do and wonder who that person is, can't be me! And to think, when I was in my teens, I actually drank that stuff to make you gain weight.....
But I do check, just to make sure the hair is in place and the blouse or shirt is on the right way or buttoned right....
jel48
15 years ago
Usually.
vannie
15 years ago
Glenda, my mother did that once when I was a child and I still remember it. No, I don't look in a mirror, b/c what I don't know won't hurt me.
missindia2020
15 years ago
My sister couldn't pass a mirror or store window without admiring herself.
FlamingO in AR
15 years ago
I do when I'm out and about, never know when you'll find something amiss. At home, I can walk by them a hundred times and never look unless I'm brushing my teeth or putting on makeup.
kayjones
15 years ago
I think it's second-nature to look in a mirror when you pass one - I do so, but usually it doesn't 'register' (read: I don't care what I look like!)
Granlan_TX
15 years ago
If I do, it's just to check my hair on a windy day.

I'm learning to hate my new lighted makeup mirror...too much information! ;(
lindyluwho
15 years ago
Only when I'm getting dressed.

Linda
Marilyn Sue McClintock
15 years ago
Not usually, unless I'm getting ready to get dressed or go someplace.
nan_nc
15 years ago
Nope. Once I'm satisfied nothing is showing that shouldn't, and the face and hair are at least presentable, I'm done. I rely on the kindness of strangers to tell me if I have spinach in my teeth, or I have toilet paper stuck to my shoe.
stephanie_in_ga
15 years ago
Sometimes. But sometimes I know it's not good and nothing I can do about it, so I just look away. ;o)
clubm
Original Author
15 years ago
look the other way most of the time when I'm out. What you
see is what you get!
minnie_tx
15 years ago
not unless I really want to see what I look like
cynic
15 years ago
Are you kidding? Aren't broken mirrors bad luck?
cbtexas
15 years ago
Funny video...

Here is a link that might be useful: 'I Just Don't Look Good Naked Anymore'
casey_nfld
15 years ago
Hardly ever.
des_arc_ya_ya
15 years ago
Read Flamey's post and put Ya Ya by it.
rthummer
15 years ago
I might sneak a peek, sometimes. Not always.
okwriter
15 years ago
I don't look in the mirror while I'm brushing my teeth. I haven't yet figured out why other people do... what are you looking at?

LOL!

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