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So it's almost Christmas time, and my family has requested my "list".
As most people do as they get older, my tastes and style have changed. Ever since joining a gym, stopping smoking and attempting to eat healthier, also in recent years, I've gotten a lot more comfortable with the way I look naturally, and would rather be comfy than flashy, especially at work or in places it really doesn't matter.
I requested for Christmas some althletic pants (yes, sweats, but I call them athletic pants) and those sporty fleeces and looser fitting tees for work. I am getting tired of wearing jeans every night, having to sit/stand for several hours in tight jeans (it's the only way I can wear them because of my body shape and my leg shape, some of it is because I've gained weight and I don't want to buy bigger sizes because I am slowly losing it). If I wear loose jeans, I look like I shit my pants and I have short stumpy legs. I would rather wear tight yet comfy althetic pants for 8-12 hours instead, and have more looser fitting tees. They feel so nice. And fleece is just awesome.
My mom saw that and yelled that I would be "letting myself go", and she went on about how women who suddenly go from being always made up and flashy to casual usually stop caring about themselves.
Uh. No.
I just want to be comfy at work, and would rather have a more athletic, sporty persona. I have been developing a more athletic looking body since working out and weight lifting, and I'd like to wear the proper clothes that go with it. Plus, there are lots of women my age who rock the Sporty Spice look and still have nice hair, makeup on, and great hygene.
I will never stop caring about the way I look and I will never become someone who stops caring about my health or hygene just because I no longer want to wear super tight jeans and tight shirts and lots of makeup. I quit wearing a lot of makeup to work because it wasn't worth it.
It's also liberating and great to me, to be able to be comfortable with how I look without makeup to run errands. Unless I'm going out to dinner or a nice shopping outing or going to a show or out with friends, I keep it pretty casual. A lot of times, I go to the bank or the drug store fresh from the gym. I don't smell or look bad at all, in my opinion. I have met up with my mom for a casual lunch without makeup and she's flipped on me and asked if I was hungover or sick.
This comes from a woman who has only worn makeup and fancier clothes for only the past few years, because only later in life did she begin to want to vamp herself up.
I even tried to assure her that I will always be a Barbie girl, will still have low cut and tight and sparkly tops and wear makeup and do my hair pretty, will always take advantage of my days off by wearing my nicer clothes, but it's just part of me growing up and wanting to change my style a bit.
I can't believe something so small would set someone off into an assumption that I'd become a bag lady or a bum.
As most people do as they get older, my tastes and style have changed. Ever since joining a gym, stopping smoking and attempting to eat healthier, also in recent years, I've gotten a lot more comfortable with the way I look naturally, and would rather be comfy than flashy, especially at work or in places it really doesn't matter.
I requested for Christmas some althletic pants (yes, sweats, but I call them athletic pants) and those sporty fleeces and looser fitting tees for work. I am getting tired of wearing jeans every night, having to sit/stand for several hours in tight jeans (it's the only way I can wear them because of my body shape and my leg shape, some of it is because I've gained weight and I don't want to buy bigger sizes because I am slowly losing it). If I wear loose jeans, I look like I shit my pants and I have short stumpy legs. I would rather wear tight yet comfy althetic pants for 8-12 hours instead, and have more looser fitting tees. They feel so nice. And fleece is just awesome.
My mom saw that and yelled that I would be "letting myself go", and she went on about how women who suddenly go from being always made up and flashy to casual usually stop caring about themselves.
Uh. No.
I just want to be comfy at work, and would rather have a more athletic, sporty persona. I have been developing a more athletic looking body since working out and weight lifting, and I'd like to wear the proper clothes that go with it. Plus, there are lots of women my age who rock the Sporty Spice look and still have nice hair, makeup on, and great hygene.
I will never stop caring about the way I look and I will never become someone who stops caring about my health or hygene just because I no longer want to wear super tight jeans and tight shirts and lots of makeup. I quit wearing a lot of makeup to work because it wasn't worth it.
It's also liberating and great to me, to be able to be comfortable with how I look without makeup to run errands. Unless I'm going out to dinner or a nice shopping outing or going to a show or out with friends, I keep it pretty casual. A lot of times, I go to the bank or the drug store fresh from the gym. I don't smell or look bad at all, in my opinion. I have met up with my mom for a casual lunch without makeup and she's flipped on me and asked if I was hungover or sick.
This comes from a woman who has only worn makeup and fancier clothes for only the past few years, because only later in life did she begin to want to vamp herself up.
I even tried to assure her that I will always be a Barbie girl, will still have low cut and tight and sparkly tops and wear makeup and do my hair pretty, will always take advantage of my days off by wearing my nicer clothes, but it's just part of me growing up and wanting to change my style a bit.
I can't believe something so small would set someone off into an assumption that I'd become a bag lady or a bum.
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