I think that most of us have at least one friend who is complete denial of their age. I am not talking about those who are trying their best to keep the evidence of time away through healthy eating, exercise, and an active mind. I am talking about those people who refuse to shop outside of the junior section and are still "partying" like they are 21 and just discovered they can go to a bar. I am 40 dang it and well I am okay with that. Yet I have the friend who seems to think that wearing those cute sayings stretched across her 40 something boobs in a size or two too small, is somehow cute and attractive. I don't want to just pick on women in denial, men can be just as guilty. There is the guy who can not seem to get over the fact that he has been out of high school for over a decade and still thinks that cruising up and down the strip giving rides to teenagers in his "jacked" up ride (okay I confess I have no clue what "jacked" up actually means but I am assuming he is referring to the redneck tires that takes his truck to an unreasonably high altitude which seems to be something he is proud of).
Each time I find my self sitting in the school auditorium for one of the kids programs I think that the entertainment is often in the audience. Do not get me wrong I think it takes all kind of people to make the word an interesting place but seriously folks going to your kids Christmas program is not necessarily the place you want to show up in a mini skirt and 5 inch heels (even when you are hoping to make and ex jealous). I have gone there only to have the guy two rows away reek so bad of booze that you felt you were at a bar. I am not saying you have to show up in a your great Aunt Betty's Christmas sweater but wow you do not have to dress or act like you are 15 either. The audence is often a an amusing mix of PTA moms, grandparents, working parents, and the occasional mom or dad in denial .. it is this crowd that makes you want to whip out the popcorn and watch the "extra" show (like watching a train wreck actaully - a disaster but you can not help but watch to see what happens).
Looking great for you age is not about dressing like you are still a teenager simply because you can fit (or in some cases stuff yourself) into that size, it has more to do about dressing classy. Think of famous women that you honestly admire is it one of Hugh Hefner's playboy bunnies or is it Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn or women who have demonstrated class through their actions like Sandra Bullock. The older I get the less I want a man to look at me and think "wow HOT" and the more I want them to think "wow beautiful". Yes there is a difference. Beautiful is more than just style, has little to do with size, but has a great deal to do with confidence, dress, poise, and yikes dare I mention it? Intelligence. If you dress with your boobs hanging out or in clothes that scream... DENIAL.. you are not exactly demonstrating that there is more to you. If you want a man to look at you and see the beauty of WHO you are and not simply a body then act that way.
Who knows maybe I will share how living that way caught the eye of my husband .. you know my younger good looking husband ....did I mention much younger husband?
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