Stop the first ten women you meet in the street and ask them for their least favorite clothing item to shop for. Eight of them will say “swimsuits.” But, bikinis aside (since most boomers haven’t tried one on since 1989), even well-cut, one-piece swimsuits have a way of outing our last dozen diet failures and […]
11 Things Confident Women Do (and You Can Too)
Aging in our society can be tough. Especially if you’re a woman. With 14-year-old models on the cover of Vogue, it’s generally well recognized that our culture is disinclined to promote confidence in women over 50. Beauty in America is largely defined by youth. Firm thighs, perky (preferably large) breasts, toned underarms, and smooth skin from […]
Cosmetic Intervention. Would You Do It? Would You Admit It?
Cruising Facebook the other day, and I saw a post from a woman who announced to 7,000 of her closest friends that she’d just returned from a third stint at Serenity Lane and was now determined to remain “clean and dry.” It seemed that this was quite a bombshell, because the resulting thread expressed high shock […]
The Day Hubs Began to Understand Women
Hubs has always been super fit. He’s a natural athlete who excels at everything he tries (yeah, like that’s never annoying), and he’s been in construction for 30 years, so he has no need for pedestrian things like treadmills and rowing machines at home. For years, he’s been able to buy jeans simply by size. […]
Love Your Body. 18 (Not So) EZ Tips to Try Right Now
I recently saw an article whose headline offered tips for women to help them love their bodies. They proclaimed that it was “time to rebuild your love for your amazing body and what it could do,” and to “believe in your beauty no matter what your size or shape.” Naturally, I’m open to any advice on […]
The 7 Deadly Sins of Beauty
One of my favorite and most enduring Momisms from my childhood is “The only difference between a plain woman and a beautiful woman is God or a boatload of money.” Setting aside the whole “inner beauty is the only true beauty” argument that has been gaining foothold in our culture over the years, I’ve found that, at least on a superficial level, Mom was […]
Today I Fired my BFF
I recently read an interesting article about self-talk and the things we say to ourselves every day. Apparently, therapists generally agree that if Hubs or a friend spoke to us the way we speak to ourselves, we’d kick them to the curb right freaking now (okay, I paraphrased). The writer pointed out that since the person we […]
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