{"id":12814,"date":"2026-04-08T10:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/?p=12814"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:44:45","slug":"age-before-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/age-before-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Age before beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Horrified to discover that I would qualify for a senior discount at the restaurant my friends went to somewhere in the US last week.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12816\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/age-before-beauty\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394.jpeg?fit=525%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12816\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394.jpeg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394.jpeg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/812e4daf-462c-4005-8a7f-3339fad83394.jpeg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>Mind you, according to a University of North Carolina paper a few weeks ago, the average American life expectancy at birth now is 76 years, the lowest level since 1996. And that\u2019s not even factoring in World War 3 that Trump is threatening to unleash later this afternoon. 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