OT A favor

I forgot something on my previous post. When I worked retail, sometimes I would be asked by women in the dressing rooms if their swimsuits were flattering. Without exception (even the ones who could have been models) were self critical - "if only I could lose 5 lbs....don't you think my hips stick out too much, etc." I doubt that men think that way - I love that commercial with the guys saying "do you think these jeans make my butt look too big? I have my mother's thighs, ", etc. Patti

Also, AVERAGE size of the American woman is now a 16, not a 12. Patti

I vote Yes to this, too. Whatever your gender-preferences.

Deirdre

Lucky for your mom ...

And I think I enjoy seeing other people wear my jewelry more than wearing it myself. For one thing, you can see it better than when it is on you.

Deirdre

I think we have the makings of an eclectic, ethnic, jazz, fusion dance troupe here.

A new kenetic Statement: dancing in the aisles of commercial Amerika.

Deirdre

And the fact that others have it worse doesn't mean that what is happening to you shouldn't be resisted and rejected by you, or that others shouldn't offer solidarity in demanding that you be treated with respect.

Deirdre

My other option is to just use boiled water to make up the rice cereal, safer than other milk options and easier than expressing.

That was all so very long ago. Mostly, I remember that my son (birthweight

4K) was a hungry one, though I had lots of milk. At 2 weeks, he wanted for food (barley cereal, and rice cereal with water) after which he slept nights. He's now 36, 6'4", about 175, and runs like the wind. But all his milk was from me for the first 6 months. After that I used cows milk part of the time.

Tina

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 23:39:43 -0400, Karen_AZ wrote (in message ):

Karen, we're sisters under the skin! My kids keep telling me that I have no shame, and they're right.

Kathy N-V

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from Kathy N-V :

]Karen, we're sisters under the skin! My kids keep telling me that I have no ]shame, and they're right.

my kids just roll their eyes. is that the same thing?

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gee, so now there's a diagnostic name for us Contraries? I've been remiss in my Journal reading!!! Sarajane

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LOL, I think nowadays there is a diagnostic category for anyone who wasn't properly groomed to sit in a cubicle all day and like it.

Laura

properly groomed to sit in a cubicle all day and like it.<

I think the term is "artistic."

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You are right. Recovery from being an alkie was a gift I gave myself. Nicest present I ever got! Thank you for putting it in a new light for me. :-) Diana

Yes, yes yes!!! brave enough to be silly. And why not. Geees.. to many people are wandering around feeling like they have to be *on*. Lets cut loose and do those harmless, fun, spur of the moment silly things and enjoy being humans! Diana

too.

Even if adults don't mention their issues, their offspring pick up on them ... often unconsciously, and with the added burden of "this is something we don't talk about".

The only way to spare your kids your issues is to actually resolve them, IMO. Not deny them.

Deirdre

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ" :

]That's definitely a start! My ultimate goal is that slightly outraged ]"MO-ther!" squeal.

yep. okay. i've gotten a few of those. i love those!

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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@aol.comeatspam (Sjpolyclay) :

]gee, so now there's a diagnostic name for us Contraries? I've been remiss in my ]Journal reading!!!

i didn't know that, either!

my most common reaction to "you can't do that" is to say, "just watch me" . . . which is what happened when one of Jamie's teachers said i couldn't take her out of school.

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's not what you take, when you leave this world behind you;it's what you leave behind you when you go. -- Randy Travis