Everyone has one or two things they swore to themselves they would not do when they reached adulthood. Maybe it's a saying "You'd better stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!" (like that's an effective threat...it just makes the kid cry harder). Another popular southern selection is "go out in the backyard in pick your own switch!" usually accompanied by a brisk swat on the fanny. Or maybe your dad wore black socks with sandals all throughout the summer. And not cool, low socks...no, your dad had to go with the full up to the knee variety. Or maybe you were the only one of your peers who didn't get an allowance.
Sometimes these ideas pop into our head when, as adolescents, we are in the midst of a raging fight with our parents.
For example, my MidSis once announced, mid fight with my mother, that she was going to run away. Causing my mother to march into MidSis's room and start flinging things into a bag for MidSis to take with her.
Point being, everyone has an "wontadultism" rolling around in their thoughts. I swore that I would Never, Ever, Never, Ever buy shorts with an elastic waistband because they are for old ladies and babies and make your hips look huge. I have succeeded in my efforts. Sweatpants with a drawstring instead of elastic. Skirts with a regular waist and zipper (or button) and not elastic. Twill pants or jeans with the little bit of "strech" elastic in the back (which is a polite way of reminding you that if you need that kind of pants, go up a size). When denim dresses were popular (1987), juniors dresses ALL had an elastic waistband at the high waist...so you could "blouse up" your top. Elastic is my personal fourth horsemen of the apocalypse.
Until yesterday.
I am now the proud possessor of a pair of slate gray, elastic waistband shorts.
And you know what? they are actually rather comfy. :-)
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2 comments:
good one !
LOLOLOL...that reminds me of when my dad would send me to get his belt when I was a bad girl. I would stand there staring at them considering the aerodynamics of a thin belt as compared to a wide one. I would think, "Well, the thin one would snap a bit harder but the fat one covers more area."
And by the way, I asked my son and the computer is "hard wired". I don't know what that means but it is. It also has "wireless capability". Now I know something new!
Meggers
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