Posts by Bart Janssen
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Megan Wegan,
not even these?
dahling those aren't high! You can probably walk in them, high is when the only place they can reasonably be worn without breaking ankles is in bed!
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Emma Hart,
I will encourage you to spend money! And I hardly ever say "those heels are too high".
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Emma Hart,
just knowing when the ‘should’ kicks in
Maybe this is more dependent on whose opinions you actually care about.
Not meant as an “I don’t care what you think” statement but instead recognising that at 15 you care tremendously what the 15 year old girl next to you in class thinks, whereas at forty-mumble you may care more what your colleagues at work think or what the other parents at the PTA think or what your partner thinks when you go out to dinner with them.
Perhaps the real difference as you get older is realising that those groups may be different and your level of caring what they think about you may be different.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
Ok, now you're just trolling.
My thoughts exactly.
Not even!
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Danielle,
you don’t get to hand out haircut instructions unless asked
Ok but when I'm shopping with my wife and standing outside the changing rooms I have sometimes commented on the clothes being tried on by other women, sometimes negatively - it's never been received with anything other than pleasure and perhaps relief ... because the sales assistant busily telling the woman she looks simply wonderful is full of crap.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to BenWilson,
than, say, my offensive opinions or my sleazy behaviour.
Yeah 'cos I hate it when I'm trying for sleazy and fail
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Deborah,
but that’s a technical mismatch between what you want to achieve, and what you have achieved
That's the key. And it's also part of Emma's original post. The question is, is there a point at which Emma's desire to wear one style clothes mismatches her desire to conform :P.
While I agree telling older wimmin to grow their hair is asking for a slapping, the point made is that if you look at different age groups there is a distinct changing of style. When someone breaks that mould it stands out. And you can sometimes disguise which grouping you are in by adopting the style of a different group.
Whether you should is another question entirely. Actually scratch that you definitely should and frequently. For one thing it's fun messing with people's perceptions and for another it's the only way you discover other styles.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Emma Hart,
But it’s along curvy lines, and requires a waist. In loose drapey things I tend to look like a horse. I look better in clingy things, shaped, well-cut… the kind of thing some people might find ‘slaggy’.
So colour me confused, you look better in clothes that flatter your (curvy) figure, clothes that prove you have a waist rather than allowing people to assume you are shaped like a brick ... and you are wondering if this is a bad thing to do?
Yeah yeah I know you are talking about perceptions of age and appropriateness I get it. But really I'm being obtuse because it's such an obvious answer. What other people believe is appropriate is only important if you care about offending their sensibilities. And sometimes you do, but most times their sensibilities are their problem not yours.
As for whether you look better with tit's out or in a sack ... I'm a boy what do you expect me to say?
As an aside I love shopping for clothes with my wife and will happily stand for hours watching her try on things, offering opinions and carrying bags. I'm sure there is a career doing that.
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From what I've seen over the years most folks look better in clothes than they do naked, especially as those years add up. And for most folks it takes years to figure out what really makes them look better as opposed to what just fits. And then for most folks it takes years to discover sometimes there is a reason well designed clothes cost more and more years to actually be able to afford those clothes. And it takes years for folks to figure out what their style is, as opposed to what is meant to suit them.
All of which seems to make getting older a good thing from the perspective of looking good in clothes.
But none of that has anything to do with how much cleavage should be shown. If you feel good in the clothes and they make you happy when you wear them and they make you look like the person you want to be seen as ... then why the hell not show some flesh.
And Megan is right too, it doesn't matter what shape you are, you can and should enjoy wearing clothes you like.
And Emma I've seen you and seriously if you don't stop deriding your figure I will have to give you a good talking to ... including finger waving!
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Speaker: Medical Journal, Chapter V, in reply to Pat Hackett,
Think of your testes as a cricket pitch
So you're saying the V is like a batting power play?