Justine Bateman Explains Decision to Age Naturally: "I Just Don't Give a Shit"

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24. My hair isn't 'greying"... it's becoming silver.

I get compliments on the color quite a lot. Still, I have thought of coloring it back to its original soft black color, in a vain effort to somehow look not quite so old. The one thing stopping me? It's a huge commitment towards maintenance. At this point, I wish I could say I just don't give a damn... but I'm not there yet. I do care, and I do get embarrassed that my face (and gravity on the rest of my body) has changed so much. After being obese all my life, now that the rest is going to hell in a handbasket, the weight finally came off and stayed off.

On one hand, I rage because it seems all so unfair, cries the little girl in me who was constantly berated and made fun of for being so fat.

On the other hand, I have to laugh at the insanity. That now that I'm "elderly" the weight finally went down to what it was suppose to be, and no one gives a damn.

No one really "sees" me... because I'm just an old woman.

I applaud Bateman for having made peace with her aging. For me, it's still a work in progress. But I figure if I can laugh and cut up with the friends I've had for 30+ years - over our aging (as well as everything else), then I'm still coming out ahead in the game.