tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post6866670567070651310..comments2023-05-03T04:28:16.339-05:00Comments on <center>Jumping off cliffs</center>: Wearing PurpleMary O. Paddockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-70471049806574171082011-07-25T20:14:53.079-05:002011-07-25T20:14:53.079-05:00I still dye. I have done so since I was 16 and fi...I still dye. I have done so since I was 16 and figure when I stop, there will be a very visible timeline for all to see within 2 weeks...<br /><br />That being said, as a "geriatric mother", it does save me from being acknowledged as grandma - just as it saved me from being mouse brown when I wanted to be anything but.<br /><br />My dream was green hair - but I was not prepared to bleach, which is apparently required for such a transformation.<br /><br />I think my wv is quite apt - ininess - how much of my excuse is ininess, and how much outiness?<br /><br />JeanieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-30169734923513769972011-07-24T14:05:44.603-05:002011-07-24T14:05:44.603-05:00Ray--Gimp (freeware photo shop) is great. I'm ...Ray--Gimp (freeware photo shop) is great. I'm not quite ready to go purple just yet. :)<br /><br />And it does bring writing to mind (a specific character actually) which was exactly why I chose this background. I'm writing a lot this summer.Mary O. Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-23073146628928559912011-07-24T12:49:02.394-05:002011-07-24T12:49:02.394-05:00Hmmm... did you really dye your hair or is that so...Hmmm... did you really dye your hair or is that some kind of photo-editing effect? If you did -- major impressed. If not -- good joke.<br /><br />Love the new template, btw. Very fantastical and intriguing. Kind of makes you want to write a story, no?Ray Veenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11956279552298172157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-2661443452841268552011-07-24T09:56:02.312-05:002011-07-24T09:56:02.312-05:00Hi Scotty! There is A LOT of pressure on women to ...Hi Scotty! There is A LOT of pressure on women to measure up to an impossible standard of youthful beauty. <br /><br />And, from the pictures I've seen, and what I know of you--from one friend to another--I'd say you're better than "not bad". :)Mary O. Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097124493453341534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-79919701909543125902011-07-23T19:49:30.191-05:002011-07-23T19:49:30.191-05:00Fair enough then!Fair enough then!Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34178755.post-28201340466449233872011-07-23T19:44:35.948-05:002011-07-23T19:44:35.948-05:00The purple hair looks cool, Mary, lol.
I think I ...The purple hair looks cool, Mary, lol.<br /><br />I think I was a bit on the vain side when I was younger but as I hit my thirties and the hairline started to recede, I asked myself similar questions to you. So, I've long since become comfortable with my appearance and in many ways I'm glad I'm not a woman; there's so much pressure to attain these impossible beauty standards, isn't there?<br /><br />I'm not ugly enough to have children run away screaming when they see me (I'd be worried then, lol) and on a few occasions I've even been told that I'm 'not bad' in a rough-around-the-edges kinda way. <br /><br />But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter to me, really. While it's true that there's always a level of physical attraction in any relationship, that attraction can vary greatly for people, can't it?<br /><br />And besides, my real beauty comes from within, so, if a woman couldn't take the time to see past the balding head and being a few pounds heavier than I'd like to be, then she'd miss out on looking into my blue eyes and seeing where the real beauty lies.<br /><br />And that would be her loss, not mine.<br /><br />:-)Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532475769646281689noreply@blogger.com