Dear So and So

**OakLeaf** · 10-30-2011, 11:09 AM

(((((Roxy))))) People can be so rude. I wonder if there's a snappy response you could come up with?

**channlluv** · 10-30-2011, 12:14 PM

Thanks, jobob.

Oak, mostly I just ignore them. It's embarrassing to acknowledge public scorn.

Sorry to gripe here. I'm the one actually looking forward to winter riding season because the trails are less crowded. Fewer people to mock me.

Roxy

**lph** · 10-30-2011, 12:19 PM

channlluv, if it's any consolation, the only way I see you is that big, victorious smile in your avatar, and it's gorgeous.

**maillotpois** · 10-30-2011, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by lph

channlluv, if it's any consolation, the only way I see you is that big, victorious smile in your avatar, and it's gorgeous.

+1!!!

And big yay to RD and Mimi.

**NbyNW** · 10-30-2011, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by lph

channlluv, if it's any consolation, the only way I see you is that big, victorious smile in your avatar, and it's gorgeous.

^ What lph said. And hugs. I'm sure you've developed ways to deal with the comments, but we all have days when things get to us.

Mimi: seriously, would you like company for dinner? DH is out of town this week so I can bring something over!

**bmccasland** · 10-30-2011, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by NbyNW

^ What lph said. And hugs. I'm sure you've developed ways to deal with the comments, but we all have days when things get to us.

Mimi: seriously, would you like company for dinner? DH is out of town this week so I can bring something over!

TE dinner party to cheer Mimi up? Or to drive her crazy and wish for quiet!

**Biciclista** · 10-30-2011, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by NbyNW

Mimi: seriously, would you like company for dinner? DH is out of town this week so I can bring something over!

I would love that. it's so quiet here without the Donald. It really doesn't normally bother me, but it is bothering me with him in the hospital like this.

**snapdragen** · 10-31-2011, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by lph

channlluv, if it's any consolation, the only way I see you is that big, victorious smile in your avatar, and it's gorgeous.

+1,000,000,000

Maybe we can come up with some snappy comebacks...

**indysteel** · 10-31-2011, 11:07 AM

Dear retail gods: Why is it so hard to find a wool winter coat that fits? I go through this every few years and it's always torture. Enough with the vanity sizing for one. I'm not skinny, so why are most coats huge on me? On the flip side of the coin, why does J. Crew think that the average woman has toothpicks for arms? As I tried your coats on, I heard several women experiencing the same problem that I was. The coat otherwise fit but was cut much too tightly under the arms. Argh. And enough with the weird designs, too. Why would I want a winter coat with three-quarter length sleeves or a lapel as big as my body? Just give me a classic, well proportioned cut. In a camel color preferably. Black is no good; I have cats.

Thank you.

**tangentgirl** · 10-31-2011, 11:09 AM

Classic but true: mean people suck.

**Bethany1** · 10-31-2011, 11:16 AM

I've had the "so when are you due?" question before. I just smile and say, "Thanks for asking, but I'm not expecting".

What gets me are the skinny girls that are always complaining about being fat. I figure I have a right to complain, but they just sound pathetic.

**indysteel** · 10-31-2011, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Bethany1

I've had the "so when are you due?" question before. I just smile and say, "Thanks for asking, but I'm not expecting".

What gets me are the skinny girls that are always complaining about being fat. I figure I have a right to complain, but they just sound pathetic.

I am truly sympathetic to anyone with weight issues. That includes thin people with a distorted body image or those who use calorie deprivation as a means to self-medicate. Trust me; it's no walk in the park either.

**OakLeaf** · 10-31-2011, 11:29 AM

Exactly. If weight were self-determined, then Karen Carpenter was fat the day she died.

**NbyNW** · 10-31-2011, 06:19 PM

Indy, check out Brooks Brothers for coats.

I found a beautiful camelhair coat there last year. Very classic cut and style, it's going to last me many years. It replaced a black wool coat that I bought in 1996. It might be worth a look for you, because I think they don't change their outerwear styles too much from year to year.

Brooks Bros. is not cheap. But we lucked out because we were there on Black Friday, to find DH a new suit. We were the only people in the store and boy were the salespeople glad to see us! I had been keeping my eyes out for a new coat and here was one my size (in a color and style that I've been dreaming about since I was a broke 20-something a million years ago), and my mom was with me and she wanted to buy it for me! She has a dismal record with remembering to send birthday and Christmas gifts (not that I care), so I let her.

**channlluv** · 10-31-2011, 07:00 PM

Point taken, Indy. Thank you.

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