tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post9008816062316754436..comments2023-09-17T06:05:20.765-07:00Comments on Laughing On The Way Out: PerspectivePaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-10013197360524130852012-03-04T05:31:31.045-08:002012-03-04T05:31:31.045-08:00Madge - it's a pity we judge ourselves so hars...Madge - it's a pity we judge ourselves so harshly when we preach non-judgement of others but you're so right.<br /><br />LWS - and I longed for curly hair and any kind of figure when I was a teen-in-waiting. Instead, I looked like a stick figure drawing. Now, I'm wishing that stick figure wasn't so well padded!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-37272356877656095102012-02-21T14:42:48.991-08:002012-02-21T14:42:48.991-08:00Oh!!! what I would have given to be tall, willowy,...Oh!!! what I would have given to be tall, willowy, with long straight hair and a face resonant with a calm madonna. Instead I was short, with curly hair (arghh!) that thickened into a witches birch-broom as it grew.And I wore spectacles. Nothing fitted with notions of beauty advertised in the public domain in the 70s. Menopause helped with the hair ( it straightened and thinned a bit) - but dumpy is as dumpy does. That is forever. But like Friko, I am a ravishing and sensual being with long willowy legs, and long pointy fingers on the inside...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-72988829277228686902012-02-21T14:42:44.243-08:002012-02-21T14:42:44.243-08:00Oh!!! what I would have given to be tall, willowy,...Oh!!! what I would have given to be tall, willowy, with long straight hair and a face resonant with a calm madonna. Instead I was short, with curly hair (arghh!) that thickened into a witches birch-broom as it grew.And I wore spectacles. Nothing fitted with notions of beauty advertised in the public domain in the 70s. Menopause helped with the hair ( it straightened and thinned a bit) - but dumpy is as dumpy does. That is forever. But like Friko, I am a ravishing and sensual being with long willowy legs, and long pointy fingers on the inside...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-31769608831862590412012-02-04T13:59:01.021-08:002012-02-04T13:59:01.021-08:00I think we all judge ourselves harshly... I always...I think we all judge ourselves harshly... I always think I am too much this or that for others to truly like me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-13180380293917625762012-02-03T03:45:52.404-08:002012-02-03T03:45:52.404-08:00Elizabeth - but you are lovely! When you reach my ...Elizabeth - but you are lovely! When you reach my age you will look back and see that :)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-87809983758397710062012-02-03T03:44:54.650-08:002012-02-03T03:44:54.650-08:00Friko - I know you are stunning - it shows in your...Friko - I know you are stunning - it shows in your writing! I avoid mirrors, too and am always surprised when I show up in one.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-44731025565682147052012-02-03T03:43:37.893-08:002012-02-03T03:43:37.893-08:00Tabor, too true! Why do we keep doing it, even whe...Tabor, too true! Why do we keep doing it, even when we know better?Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-82159724300383220782012-02-02T13:18:42.196-08:002012-02-02T13:18:42.196-08:00So true! I'm always knit picking my own appear...So true! I'm always knit picking my own appearance. I describe my natural hair color as mousy brown...which is why I dye it! Thanks for visiting my blog. Come back again. :)Elizabeth Grimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283397561867581379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-51807295871021510472012-02-02T10:16:02.921-08:002012-02-02T10:16:02.921-08:00This is so funny! Bovine? with straight, wispy hai...This is so funny! Bovine? with straight, wispy hair?<br /><br />I have no way of judging how true that is but your sense of humour definitely makes up for any aesthetic shortcomings.<br /><br />I am certainly not the person I think I am when I look in the mirror, so i only look very occasionally. It's better that way.<br /><br />But, in case you were wondering, I'm ravishing on the inside!.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-15429795798735478912012-02-01T07:11:48.025-08:002012-02-01T07:11:48.025-08:00We all take this journey. Looking back at my phot...We all take this journey. Looking back at my photos I am amazed at how stunning I was...I had imagined I was a skinny bony scarecrow of a woman. We are so harsh and spend far too much time on surface issues!!Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-33500096771060127642012-02-01T05:37:33.568-08:002012-02-01T05:37:33.568-08:00Jeannette - thanks for you comment. I agree, the m...Jeannette - thanks for you comment. I agree, the media certainly has had a huge influence on how we perceive ourselves and how we try to fit into the current take on what is beautiful. But I bet humans started using physical attributes as judgement way before that. Perhaps we're hardwired to weed out potential mates based on physical characteristics but that leaves a lot of worthwhile connections when that's the focus. My children and grandchildren love me despite my shortcomings - that's stunning enough for me :)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765491835016127020.post-21661827761446106722012-02-01T05:17:54.685-08:002012-02-01T05:17:54.685-08:00And perhaps you ARE stunning to others now!
Boy, ...And perhaps you ARE stunning to others now!<br /><br />Boy, what we do to ourselves. I would say television and the advent of so many fashion and beauty magazines. Coupled with the technology to "touch up" photos and apply what I call the "Donna Read halo filter." On her show there always seemed to be a little glow of light around her face...<br /><br />From shows like "The Mod Squad" on, we were told that we had to look a particular way, and because TV got into every living room, so did the image of beauty. We did not know that pictures were retouched in those magazines. And Julie was so thin she nearly disappeared when she turned sideways. <br /><br />Our parents no longer had the impact on us they probably wanted. My mom could tell me I was pretty all she liked, but society saw crooked teeth and gigunda hips, even when you could HANG something off my hipbones, they still measured 37 inches! <br /><br />And it is worse now, in some ways.<br /><br />I wish I could listen to the voices that tell me I am fine as I am, but I don't. At almost sixty myself, I STILL know I am fat. (I truly am very overweight now, and I judge myself for it, even though most of the weight gain was beyond my control.) I have a chicken neck. My hair is thinner and I am NOT.<br /><br />But once in a great while, I look in the mirror and say, "You're FINE. Just like this, you're FINE."<br /><br />Not often, though...<br /><br />So I end where I started, perhaps you truly ARE stunning!JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.com