Whenever a monkey appeared on the tv, my mother would say (in italian, like that made it better!)' "Theres your best friend!". That was when i was a kid. A little girl growing up. Nowhere near as beautiful as my mother and obviously never going to be - i looked more like my dads side of the family.

So when i moved back home in my dotage, her favorite shows were the nature shows. So it seemed only natural to return the favor - every time i saw a gorilla or whatever, id be, "theres youre best friend!" That italian expression is forever etched in my mind. SHE DIDNT LIKE IT! it hurt her feeeeeelings! Seriously?? If she had EVER meant it affectionately, would she have minded my saying it?

Eta - youre more beautiful than you know. Our type ages well! Good bone structure and all that. Like edwina says, our whole body just HANGS from these cheekbones, just HANGS darling!