“It’s not as if I’m miserable. I love life. I just don’t feel the need to show it by walking around with a rictus grin on my face”
“My friends have nicknamed me Mona Lisa, after the da Vinci painting. Mona Lisa was said to have been quietly amused, as am I. I just won’t show it”
This is Vicky Kidd, aged 38
She decided to stop smiling 5 years ago, after splitting up with her partner
“The lines on my face were escalating and with advancing age I started worrying about being left on the shelf”
Christyne Remnant, 70, has a different strategy:
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