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A Bad Week for Vanity
By Dina Dove of The Bagladys Guide to Elegant Living
After attending a high school reunion later in her life, Erma Bombeck commented on the experience. "I couldn't possibly have gone to school with all these old people."
And I sure can identify with her sentiment. This week I have seen a backlash of my own personal vanity on several occasions. The first thing that happened was that I found a recent photo of my ex-husband. We divorced 16 years ago and I have not seen him in that length of time. I was just shocked. He looked like he could have been my grandfather. I just had to show someone, so I called up a business associate of mine to see what he thought. Looking up the photo, I asked him if he thought Rob looked older than me. Pleased, when he answered "yes", my second question was, "Yes, but by how much?" Jerry answered, "Oh, at least 4 years." "4 years?" I screeched. "4 years? You gotta be kidding. He looks like my grandpa!" I should have known not to ask Jerry. He is 20 years younger than me and a great guy. I think of him as a business associate and he thinks of me as a mother figure. What on earth was I thinking asking him? Okay. So my family comes for Thanksgiving. I show the photo to my mom and she says he looks very happy and "about right for his age." She added that I look nice too. The next day Janine, my sister-in-law, her teenage daughter and I go to Sandstone Gardens for lunch. (Janine is only 5 years younger than me.) When we went up to pay, the waitress asked us if we were three generations together for the holiday. I'm sure the look of surprise/horror on my face made her worry about the tip even before we told her we were sister-in-laws and Malory was my niece. I have to give the waitress credit for quick thinking, though. Her explanation was that I seemed to be catering to Janine's wishes by ordering salad so she could have it. "Something a mother would do," she said. We laughed and told her it was a good save in a tricky situation. Needless to say, my vision of myself as eternally young has had a trying week. As disconcerting as it may be, my whole family, including me, found a great deal of humor in it. Proving, once again, that there is almost nothing so serious that you can't get a laugh out of it somewhere.
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Great intel.
Vanity is only one of the negative things in life that we can learn from.
Keep up the good work.
Frederick
My mirror is insisting that I look younger every day - and who am I to argue?
You are as young as you feel. My bad back has got me worried...
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