I am further convinced that you are my sister.
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Hahaha—that is a great story to prove this strange cultural delusion. Cheers to you for claiming your age. I do the same.
ARG! The looking-younger-than-your-age trope drives me up the wall! I was at a gathering of women a few years ago, and everyone was competing with each other over how much younger they each believed they looked than their actual age. I think middle-aged women tend to look younger than they did a generation or two ago,…
But what if she didn't hear you properly and thought you were asking her something else. The answer could be appropriate...
Agreed. Completely.
My octogenarian parents routinely go on and on about women's appearances. They dissect women and girls into body parts and comment with disappointment on the bits that do not meet their approval. Their particular favourites for scrutiny are legs (that might be "fat" or "blobby") and necks (that might reveal a woman's…
Oh, I believe her, but I just think it's the boringest thing I've ever read. Not sure why since I am the boringest person alive, and I never think anything is boring. Turns out I was wrong.
Where do you live?
"Margaret is the fragments of a name." However, "Eleanor, gee, I think you're swell."
Just so you know: every workplace is exactly like this. Those two bitches—Suzy and Sally? Oh yeah, you'll be encountering them (along with asshat Bob) every day of your life until you retire. It gets easier only because you learn to deal with them. Here's my advice: don't become Sally, Suzy, or Bob.
WHaaaa? It's disrespectful because he barely KNOWS you. How do you leap from "you're a good girl" to "I'm so horny; are you good at sucking?"?
HA! I was looking forward to being middle-aged because I thought it would cease, but it gets even worse! The desire to look good disappears, but the pressure to do so remains. Actually, it increases because as you age, your time/cost commitment to appearance increases. Do you have any idea how much it costs to keep up…
Hahaha—it does...but likely because I'm halfway through a bottle of wine meself.
Does anyone else want to give up? My kids are grown; I have a lovely home; I have a fantastic partner; I have a job that I love. I really want to just give up in terms of keeping up appearances. I want to give in to plumpness and greyness and just fucking enjoy my life. However, even at my advanced age, all the women…
I had a strange revelation when I read your comment. My first inclination was that you should do whatever the hell you want (and it remains my inclination). However, as a woman of age, I suddenly realized that I would be quite sad if none of my kids had/adopted/fostered a kid. I would NEVER in a million years tell any…
I have found that the best way to deal with this type of person is to turn their downer trope into an ongoing joke so it becomes embarrassing for them. The trick is that you can never have an edge in your voice when you do it. So you're in a class with her, and she starts in on something: you say, "Uh-oh, here we go!"…
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I agree with Milo: you can't tell her because emotional vampires never, ever get it. You need to pull away gradually without causing drama. Those types feed on drama, and get other people involved and you end up emotionally blackmailed into doing her bidding.
No.