How much do looks define your self-image?

[eclectic]

Biciclista

That is priceless! ! ! ! But I do wish they would put the low cut top rule back into play. I get tired telling the girls all day to pull up their tops - the poor HS boys even admit they don't really like it - they have no where to look.

Crankin' your story sounds like mine - even when I was ill and gained 40 lbs I still perceived myself as a thin person. I don't realize how bad I looked until I look at old photo's.

I gained weight again after a personal crisis and am now trying to get it back off. A friend told me last night I am starting to look "fit". As I am growing older I see that being valued more than being "Hot"

Just a thought
Perhaps it is a statement of the species - men are attracted to "fit" older women because they know they will be healthy enough to take care of them in their old age. But then men are attracted to young and "hot" too when they are old. probably to test there virility and reproductive rights

Luckily more older men are attracted to old and fit than young and hot or I would be in a lurch of ever finding another soulmate.

Just an interesting aside - I met a guy in his mid 50's whom I thought was rather interesting, he said when he met me he wasn't interested because I was too young for him. I am 52! (he perked up a little when he found that out)

I always thought all older men wanted young and "hot" but apparently there are some out there w/ brains and integrity who take mature and fit over young and hot.

Me on the other hand . . . . yep I will take men who are mature and fit any day over young and hot.

[Biciclista]

I'm still wondering about this one:

2. The well-dressed girl wears proper undergarments. She knows she does not look well on the outside unless she is dressed correctly underneath.


are we referring to garterbelts? slips? girdles?

[redrhodie]

Probably girdles. My mother told me of having one basically explode off of her, it was so taut. A nice girl never left home without one.

[lph]

Probably girdles. My mother told me of having one basically explode off of her, it was so taut.

This one had me chortling out loud

I had a pair of uppity buppity nylons as a young adult that were like that. They turned my already small tush flat and ROCK HARD

[Zen]

This one had me chortling out loud

Chortling? Just chortling? I guffawed at that one.

My mom told me a story involving her swimming and what were known as "falsies".

Buoyant falsies.

[malkin]

Preggers bellies are buoyant too.
Even if the fetus is a girl.

[GLC1968]

I'm still wondering about this one:

2. The well-dressed girl wears proper undergarments. She knows she does not look well on the outside unless she is dressed correctly underneath.


are we referring to garterbelts? slips? girdles?

Or, if you apply it to today: no VPL, a bra that fits and no thongs showing above the waist band.

Actually, as a former retail outlet manager, I can see how that entire dress code could easily be applied to today's standards with ease. I had plenty of women (men too, actually) that had NO idea how to dress appropriately for a business situation. In fact, when I worked for the last retail establishment before I left the industry, dress code training was a critical part of your early employment. As an employee of my store, you were a representative of the designer and were expected to dress as such. It was a constant battle. Anyway, replace 'girl' with something more gender neutral (and dump the curlers phrase), and it would still apply.

[solobiker]

Or, if you apply it to today: no VPL, a bra that fits and no thongs showing above the waist band.

I was on a hut trip a few weeks ago and the guys were talking about girls/women on their snowboards and that they must be cold because of the "whale tale" I was pretty confused because I had no I idea what a "whale tale" was. I was trying to think of all these complicated things then I finally asked and they said it was when you could see the womens thong because there pants were too low Talk about cold when one is snowboarding

[shootingstar]

I was on a hut trip a few weeks ago and the guys were talking about girls/women on their snowboards and that they must be cold because of the "whale tale" I was pretty confused because I had no I idea what a "whale tale" was. I was trying to think of all these complicated things then I finally asked and they said it was when you could see the womens thong because there pants were too low Talk about cold when one is snowboarding

The brain struggles: how is wearing a thong comfortable when doing any sport? Please inform nuthead here.....

Red: I giggled over that girdle story.

Alas, body shaping garments have come back in the lingerie section. When I first saw their 21lst century of the old, I was abit put off.

It's ok for the annual party or whatever. But really hopefully not for regular wear! Instead of forcing body to look hot in clothes, instead for some women to focus on their health and fitness.

[OakLeaf]

The brain struggles: how is wearing a thong comfortable when doing any sport? Please inform nuthead here.....

Some people require underwear under their workout clothes. (Not me, which also solves the VPL problem when I'm working out...)

Underwear winds up in the crack of your *ss.

The less of it there, the better.

Ergo, thongs.