Posted on 10/17/2005 6:16:44 AM PDT by joesbucks
A Little Monday Morning Humor
Teen Poverty in America
We just spent several hours observing teenagers hanging out at our local mall. We came to the conclusion many teenagers in America today are living in poverty. Most young men We observed didn't even own a belt; there was not one among the whole group.
But that wasn't the sad part. Many were wearing their daddy's jeans. Some jeans were so big and baggy they hung low on their hips, exposing their underwear. I know some must have been ashamed their daddy was short, because his jeans hardly went below their knees. They weren't even their daddies' good jeans, for most had holes ripped in the knees and a dirty look to them.
It grieved us, in a modern, affluent society like America, there are those who can't afford a decent pair of jeans. I was thinking about asking my church to start a jeans drive for "poor kids at the mall." Then on Christmas Eve, we could go Christmas caroling and distribute jeans to these poor teenagers.
But here is the saddest part...it was the girls they were hanging out with that disturbed us most. Never, in all of our lives, have we seen such poverty-stricken girls. These girls had the opposite problem of the guys. They all had to wear their little sister's clothes. Their jeans were about 5 sizes too small! I don't know how they could get them on, let alone button them up. Their jeans barely went over their hipbones. Most also had on their little sister's top; it hardly covered their midsections. Oh, they were trying to hold their heads up with pride, but it was a sad sight to see these almost grown women wearing children's clothes.
However, it was their underwear that bothered us most. They, like the boys, because of the improper fitting of their clothes, they had their underwear exposed. We had never seen anything like it. It looked like their underwear was only held together by a single piece of string.
We know it saddens your heart to receive this report on condition of our American teenagers. While we go to bed every night with a closets full of clothes nearby, there are millions of "mall girls" who barely have enough material to keep it together. We think their "poorness" is why these 2 groups gather at the mall; boys with their short daddies' ripped jeans, and girls wearing their younger sisters' clothes. The mall is one place where they can find acceptance. So, next time you are at the mall, doing your shopping , and you pass by some of these poor teenagers, would you say a prayer for them?
And one more thing .
Will you pray the guys' pants won't fall down,
and the girls' strings won't break?
We thank you all,
Two Concerned Grandmothers
wnat=what Dang! I even proof read it.
Thank you for your post.
About a dozen years ago I found (as another poster did) that I had become my father. When I read the article I immediately remembered my mother buying doilies and making sure there was one on the back of every chair I sat in when I wore the DA haircut. Every time they demanded I get a crew cut I said I would – if they paid for the haircut. By this time – I was about 15 or 16 – I was buying my own clothes and haircuts. I lost my DA when I was drafted, and was proud that the barber at Fort Jackson had to stop several times to clean his clippers.
On the fat roll... some of these girls aren't necessarily "fat", but the too-tight jeans riding so low on the body do distort things tremendously, to the point that the disruption is more than just temporary--I've been seeing girls in formal dresses who still have that weird "muffin top" on the hip, when they should be a nice smooth curve from ribs to thighs. It's really sad!
But it's the style!
And for some, that's all that counts.
Clothing is a language. Look at what today's fashions say and where they find their influences.
Uhhhhhh.....just exactly who is "U"?
A wonderfully written piece. Haha!
U Short hand LOL (Short Hand again) Y use short hand
Oh God...that whole 'bare mid-riff wtih the roll of fat-thing' really, really bothers me...*gags*.
I believe that these are known as "muffin tops." As in the way a muffin looks, sort of how the top of the baked muffin overflows the muffin tin.
I think that it was coined by Neal Boortz.
Mark
I know what it means, just making fun of your being too lazy to type the word "you"
>>>LMAO!!!! My favorite is the girls pants that are low and the tight shirts that are too short that expose that roll of fat over their hips. Tres chic! These kids are all too poor to own a mirror too. Oh the humanity!>>>
My stepson's girlfriend is like that. Sweet girl, but I don't know why her mama never taught her how to dress.
It is best to help this poverty stricken rable by pressing them into military service for God and country.
>>>They look like a busted can of biscuits, don't they?
ROTFLMBO!!! Very apt description!>>>
OH MY GOD! I am going to have to remember that with my two 20 & 21 yr old sons!!! Next time they bring over a busted can of biscuits for dinner, can you imagine the jokes??? Poor things, I hope I can convince my three girls to dress for their figure when it's time to battle over that.
ROTFLMAO! Designed from the original Wedgie.
America is the only country in the world where our poor wear $100 sneakers, don gold chains and a good portion are overweight.
They call that "muffin top."
I was told that you didn't have anything to worry about with guys like that, until they pulled up their pants...that meant they were ready to fight.
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