Women and Clothes

Even though this is my life now, I can see myself moving to an island and living in a bathing suit (sorta like Shel). I don't need any of this stuff but it's fun.

 
Christine, it is funny to me that you should also say that... I don't NEED anything either but I am not sure what the difference is in me "feeling" like I need it living on the mainland versus living in Hawaii.  I am actually a very simple woman compared to many. For the most part I live in jeans, capri's and flip flops. I only wear makeup half the time or less. It takes me less than 20 minutes to get ready in the morning (and 10 minutes of that is actually just because I need to blow dry my hair since it is too thick and often unruly to dry naturally). I don't know what the difference is though that by living in the city I feel like I "need" so much more.
Thank you for posting that about yourself... I don't feel so alone in my screwed-up-ness now![]

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06
I don't feel so alone in my screwed-up-ness now![]

 
To be fair, I doubt anyone here is QUITE as "screwed-up" as you are.  If you like, I can post a detail or two and other idoggers can judge for themselves.  Just let me know.  It will be no trouble.  []

Shelly - I'm right there with you.   I've been to the islands several times and when I'm there, I'm quite content in shorts, tank top and flip flops.  Dressy might mean a simple sundress and sandals.  It's wonderful, isn't it?  My DH is hawaiian and we'd both love to live over there one day.  One of my friends, who grew up in So. Cal. with me, lived up north here for many yrs, and then moved to San Diego, now lives on Maui and loves it.  She probably has 1/3 the amount of clothes she used to have and doesn't feel the need to shop except for a couple times a yr when they fly to Oahu and go to Nordstrom Rack []

Also do your wife a favor Billy and buy some new freaking underwear…women don#%92t like to see men in the same ugly worn out crap they have worn for years even if it is “serviceable”. 

 
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This is so my DH.  I went through his stuff the other and realized that he had pairs of underwear that he had when we met in 1997!!!  Just because the elastic still works doesn't mean they are still good!!

ORIGINAL: mrstjohnson
Just because the elastic still works doesn't mean they are still good!!

 
Actually it does and if you want to get right down to the nut cutting, the elastic doesn't even have to be good for the drawers themselves to be serviceable.  []

I wish I could convince dh to wear underwear. He will not, no way no how. He did in the begining wear boxers, now it's nothing. He says he can't stand to wear them. I can't stand him not wearing them. I had to go and buy him some for his snip snip. He wore them for as long as he had to and that was it.[:@]
 
I am one person that does not have a lot of clothes. 2 pairs of jeans, 3 capris, sweaters, and tons of T's and 5 bathing suits.  I am bad at buying clothes for myself. I got a gift certificate for Christmas for a store in the mall. I never go to the mall. I got a few shirts and a jacket for over top. Really nice, but I'll never wear it.

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06

Even though this is my life now, I can see myself moving to an island and living in a bathing suit (sorta like Shel). I don't need any of this stuff but it's fun.

Christine, it is funny to me that you should also say that... I don't NEED anything either but I am not sure what the difference is in me "feeling" like I need it living on the mainland versus living in Hawaii.  I am actually a very simple woman compared to many. For the most part I live in jeans, capri's and flip flops. I only wear makeup half the time or less. It takes me less than 20 minutes to get ready in the morning (and 10 minutes of that is actually just because I need to blow dry my hair since it is too thick and often unruly to dry naturally). I don't know what the difference is though that by living in the city I feel like I "need" so much more.
Thank you for posting that about yourself... I don't feel so alone in my screwed-up-ness now![]

 
Oh darling you're welcome!  The crackpots should stick together.   I consciously know that I don't need any of my trappings - but as I said, it's fun!  I enjoy clothes and shoes and makeup and jewelry.   It's definitely part of who I am - but it's only a part, not the whole.  For me, it is an everyday expression of my creative/artistic side.  I paint, I do mosaic, I dabble in photography.  I LOVE colours and textures and especially patterns!  LOVE - they totally get me "high". 

To be fair, I doubt anyone here is QUITE as "screwed-up" as you are. If you like, I can post a detail or two and other idoggers can judge for themselves. Just let me know. It will be no trouble.

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LOL!!! You are a funny man Mr. Smarmy Pants.  While I truly appreciate the offer and I KNOW you are ONLY trying to help my feel more “normal” and boost my self esteem…. I think I will have to say “No thank you”.  Perhaps there are some aspects of my “screwed-up-ness” that should not be publicly displayed.    Again, kind of you to offer… you a true gem, a real diamond in the rough and the type of man that every woman should be blessed with having (OR perhaps I am just FOS[8|] ).    
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I've been to the islands several times and when I'm there, I'm quite content in shorts, tank top and flip flops. 

 
 
Cathy I gotta say that I seriously pack only 10-15 items when I go there. The other half of my medium sized suitcase is filled only with snorkel gear and beach towels. If I lived there I would be perfectly happy with a dozen items of clothing, flip flops, running shoes, snorkel and camera gear and an UNLIMITED supply of fresh fish, fresh fruit and POG juice![8D]
 
 

This is so my DH.  I went through his stuff the other and realized that he had pairs of underwear that he had when we met in 1997!!!  Just because the elastic still works doesn't mean they are still good!! 

 

 
[8|]I take care of that little problem myself by throwing away the old ones (unlike Billy#%92s elastic problem, my DH usually gets holes in his… this is NOT an attractive look.[:'(].... NOT that I am saying that when the elastic goes out this is any MORE attractive Billy....)
 
I slyly throw them away a little at a time and then when he complains that he keeps losing them I go to the store and buy him new ones that I would like to see him wear. Then,  to distract him from the fact that he has no idea where all his underwear went and he is strangely confused by this, I complement him on how "hot he looks" in the new ones.[]
 
The only difficult part is that we each do our own laundry so I have to be a bit sneaky about it….[]
 
 
 

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06
I KNOW you are ONLY trying to help my feel more "normal”

Going back many years, I had a significant amount of experience with a variety of different drugs.  As screwed up as you are, I can't fathom of a drug, let alone something I might SAY, that would lead you toward feeling anything even approaching "normal."
 
LOL.  Sometimes I crack me up.  Let's go on and see if I can do it again.
 

erhaps there are some aspects of my "screwed-up-ness” that should not be publicly displayed.

 
Perhaps, but let's do it anyway.  I, for one, think it would be fun.  [8|]
 

you a true gem, a real diamond in the rough and the type of man that every woman should be blessed with having

 
Truer words were never spoken.
 

(OR perhaps I am just FOS[8|] ).

 
You are, for sure, but that doesn't make SOME of the things you say any less true.  []    
 

>>my DH usually gets holes in his…<<

 
Underwear isn't truly worn out until one farts and they disintegrate into a cloud of dust.  There is no reason to throw away underwear just because there are holes in them.
 

NOT that I am saying that when the elastic goes out this is any MORE attractive Billy....)

 
Is it beyond the realm of possibility that I look really cute in my elasticless underwear?  [>:]
 

we each do our own laundry

 
Why DOES he keep you around?  []

Going back many years, I had a significant amount of experience with a variety of different drugs. As screwed up as you are, I can't fathom of a drug, let alone something I might SAY, that would lead you toward feeling anything even approaching "normal."

 
LMAO! YOU are a piece of work!  Perhaps it is the reason I choose to stay friends with you... never sure what ridiculous crap is gonna spew out of that mouth of yours next.   
 
 

  Underwear isn't truly worn out until one farts and they disintegrate into a cloud of dust. 

   
 
That should mean that in YOUR case the underwear only lasts a few months...NOT 20 years... [8|]
 

There is no reason to throw away underwear just because there are holes in them.

 
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 Is it beyond the realm of possibility that I look really cute in my elasticless underwear? 

 
You did NOT need to ask this since you already know the answer...but just so you are clear the answer is a RESOUNDING YES! [8D]
 

Why DOES he keep you around?  [] 
  

 
I believe you and I have had this same discussion on multiple occasions actually but since the dementia is setting in a bit I will repeat it for you... the answers are:
 
1) my beauty[]
2) my incredible, sparkling personality[]
3) my astounding skills in the kitchen! [sm=happy.gif]
 
 

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06
That should mean that in YOUR case the underwear only lasts a few months...NOT 20 years... [8|]
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I only buy underwear with the steel reinforced a$$hole panel.

Why DOES he keep you around?  [] 
 

I believe you and I have had this same discussion on multiple occasions actually but since the dementia is setting in a bit I will repeat it for you... the answers are:

1) my beauty[]
2) my incredible, sparkling personality[]
3) my astounding skills in the kitchen! [sm=happy.gif]

 
ONE critically important talent I notice is conspicuously absent from your list.  Would you like to discuss that?  []

I only buy underwear with the steel reinforced a$$hole panel.

 
can you tell me where to find that for DH?[]
 

 ONE critically important talent I notice is conspicuously absent from your list.  Would you like to discuss that?

 
 
[]OH thank you for reminding me!!!!! How could I forget to mention my high intellegence level?  Sure...do you want to discuss how bright I am???[]
 

ORIGINAL: jjsmom06
 Sure...do you want to discuss how bright I am???[]

 
How about if we just stipulate to your being so bright they have to put you under a basket to see if the sun is shining?  []
 
However, your brightness is NOT the conspicuously absent talent I was referring to.  []

How about if we just stipulate to your being so bright they have to put you under a basket to see if the sun is shining?

 
OK!!!!!!!!![]
 

However, your brightness is NOT the conspicuously absent talent I was referring to.  

 
Thanks for thinking of my “parenting” skills…. You know I actually left that one off on purpose because I don#%92t like to boast about something like that…  DH does truly appreciate what a fantastic stepmom I have been to his kids though… thanks for noticing that one was missing… you are a true friend. []

Self praise is no recommendation, little girl.  But please, take a minute and do all the bragging about yourself you want.  Let's get that out of the way, then we will act like managers and discuss your SINGLE GLARING deficiency.  []