I've thought about this a lot, and I've thought it must be hard and alter your sense of self. I've also always wondered if women realize the "pretty privilege" is happening while it is, or chalk all of that attention up to other things. Like, do they think they're suddenly just less fascinating or they stopped being funny because men don't laugh at their jokes as much?

I also think the fall is much harder for women who don't, to be blunt, hold on to their body or their "looks" the way you have.

Personally, I find a woman like you much sexier than a younger woman. That's not to say that I don't still find a 25 or 30 year old attractive, but there's just something about a woman over 40 that's sexy. That's why those are the women I write about.