I am enjoying this thread immensely! What was said in reference to weight just tells me you are spending your time with the wrong people. If your husband is friends with this woman's husband, it doesn't mean you have to spend time with her. Or with your mother-in-law for that matter. If people are negative and nasty why waste time on them? I don't believe I have to spend time with people who don't treat me kindly even if they are related to me. I am like most people and have a hard enough time feeling good about myself without subjecting myself to mean remarks from ignorant people. Reading all your postings has helped my resolve to nip my decline into "frumpdom" in the bud.
I don't feel like I have the time to spare to do my make-up in the am, I don't wear much, but I still feel guilty. I think now I need to turn that around and do my make-up before I "go to work", which just happens to be in my own home. Most days I get up and think "I'm not going see anybody anyway". But then, it is for me and not for them anyway. Besides if I let myself look bad on a regular basis, I shouldn't be surprised if my husband's eye wanders. It hasn't yet, but why press the issue. I should want to look my best for him, just like I appreciate when he looks his best for me.
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