Thursday, April 18, 2013

Stories

For each of the things I wear, I have a story.  If, say, my mother or sister asked I'd probably tell the story. 

For any of you who would like to stretch the femininity envelop but do care, I herewith share my stories.

Tights, Socks: "I don't wear ties.  I like a bit of colour and hate ties, so I try to get interesting socks.  Yes, they're girls' socks, but socks are socks, no?"

Bracelet: I explain what the charms mean.  I don't offer a "I like feminine things" explanation.

Ring: "It's a gift from a friend.  She thought it would like nice on me and I agreed.  You really think it's girlish?  I think it's fine."

Shoes: "I'm very hard to fit.  A friend suggested her Aerosoles were the most comfortable shoes she ever wore and I decided to try a pair.  They look like most shoes men wear, no?"

Shirt: "Really?  No.  You're mistaken.  My wife bought it for me [or it was on the men's rack].  It looks like a man's shirt."  Note: this means you can't wear women's shirts to wherever you were caught anymore.  Also note: I once pointed out to a woman that she was wearing a man's shirt and she got very flustered then angry.  I pointed out that it buttoned the wrong way.  She went off and the conversation was over.  I was wearing a women's shirt at the time.

Bra: "um, er, uh, well, LOOK AT THE TIME!  I HAVE TO RUN!"  Maybe "HEY!  MY EYES ARE UP HERE!" :D



4 comments:

  1. Meg -

    And I'll trade you the comments I sometimes get from my personal ad, where I openly state I dress in both male and female modes, with my Marian image prominent in the ad....

    We can come up with great conversation pieces, can't we....?

    M

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  2. Well apart from the shirt one they are all true, if a little ingenious. A while back I was wearing a favorite pair of female boots while in drab, a friend started to observe, and said something like "you know what we think of he way you are dressing" (or something like that) I just said that I am now of an age where I don't have to care what other people think of what I wear, there hae been no comments since.

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  3. Bra - I have a rib that pops out of place where it connects to the cartilege every once in a while. I've learned how to pop it back most of the time, but once it pops out, it needs to be restrained from popping out for a while until it heals. I used to have a very expensive and very uncomfortable medical device that I had to wear, but I found out that a bra works just as well, and it is cheaper and more comfortable.

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