Venus at the Mirror by Rubens
Botero: A Family
Posted on 07/27/2006 11:20:13 AM PDT by JZelle
A man of my acquaintance, he of a certain age, waxes nostalgic about the sexual style of his youth. In his carefree bachelor days nothing ignited his imagination like the "allure of the slut." Loose women have always tempted men. Think Ava Gardner in "The Sun Also Rises" or Lee Remick in "Anatomy of Murder."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I distinctly said "overwieght" to be diplomatic....kept me from saying fat as hell, but I see it gave you a loop-hole so you could jump on my case about it.
I'm talking about the extreme cases that never used to dress like that in public, and I never mentioned teenagers at all. Makes me wonder if you were going for extra point with the teenager comment. Teenagers have been dressing in strange garb since the beginning of time.
Wow! That post was beyond ignorant.
There are plenty of medical conditions which cause people to gain inordinate (and unhealthy) amounts of weight. Hypothyroidism, Cushing's Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome just to name a few.
You've managed to cast aspersions on people whose medical condition you don't know and are, apparently, too shallow to give a damn about, because they don't look the same as you.
Having off-duty bar bouncers on hand to prevent people from buying inappropriate clothes might be another option :-)
Perhaps a Terry Tate in the Gap?
Here's another one. I was in where else - Wal-Mart - and I saw a woman of, shall we say "ample gravity", that was adorned in a pair of spandex knee length pants and a baggy t-shirt that was big around, but barely made her hips in length. I am 15 feet or so behind her. She stops, bends over and gets an item off the bottom shelf. Her shirt bags down - I could see her face - from between her legs and between her bare breasts. It was embarrassed, humored and repulsed all in one moment.
"It ain't easy being easy."
MoDo's still wrestling with the implications, well into her dotage.
I once read that baby fat "muffin topping" over the waistband of jeans is now a desirous look for a lot of young women.
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In my opinion it is about as desirous a look as forty nine earrings, noserings, eyebrow ornaments, tattoos etc. in other words a total turnoff.
But they don't have to stick it in my face.
Also, I never said I hated them or even disliked them. Nausea is something over which I have very little control.
Medical conditions may account for a few, but the rest of them became fat the old fashioned way.
....wearing shower shoes that allow the toes to splay over the edges set off by a large tattoo of a barbed wire fence around the ankle and a dragon tattoo on the shoulder.
I did a search for women within 50 miles of me that had athletic, average, or slender bodies with pictures and guess what? I got no one at all in this area. I am afraid that Nomarriage.com has a point.
This was really an excellent article. I also read the article about Wholesomewear, a company that makes extremely modest bathing suits for women.
The sneering tone of the Washington Post fashion writer was beyond belief. Why she would spend time mocking women who didn't want to show skin instead of spending some time chiding the immodest is unclear.
There is something very powerful about revealing yourself only to your partner and not to anyone else. It's an indication of how much you value yourself. I'm worth enough to protect myself from the casual speculations and assessments of complete strangers.
It's very possible to dress both attractively and modestly. It's just really tough to shop for.
Given the number of people who referred to "muffin tops" in messages following yours, it's obvious that your message was not clear.
If you say what you mean, you will not be misunderstood.
Though to be fair, there are no conditions where weight is unmanageable. Some conditions merely require more discipline than others, though with a little effort a person can find a comfortable equilibrium in their diet almost anywhere in the calorie range.
That's funny, I went to Nordstrom Saturday and saw 10 model-beautiful women for every grossly obese one. You have to play the game in nicer environments - if nothing else your eyes deserve a break. ;)
Nipples???????
EEEEWWWW!!!! I think we have a tie! LOL!
I live in NE Mississippi. Its a seller's paradise for a good looking single woman and a desert for a single man.
So what you are saying is that money follows the attractive women and vice versa? :-)
So it seems. The same crowd wouldn't be caught dead in Target. ;)
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