tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post2270764474892960878..comments2024-03-18T13:58:04.023-05:00Comments on Sew Essentially Sew: Youth & AgeingGracahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07709238617916016462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post-29631738793860062342011-11-12T13:28:02.446-06:002011-11-12T13:28:02.446-06:00Yarn Diva, thanks for your comment! Luv happy end...Yarn Diva, thanks for your comment! Luv happy endings.Gracahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709238617916016462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post-34987103227839848572011-10-31T10:50:36.681-05:002011-10-31T10:50:36.681-05:00Grey hair and proud here! The age thing is a great...Grey hair and proud here! The age thing is a great topic. Not a new one though. About the most superficial yet emotional part of the process: Both my mother and mother in law hate grey hair so it goes back a while. Not everyone thinks it's bad, though. When I was dating again after being widowed I was surprised to find that many guys do like the natural look and told me so. It seems not all are only interested in the young ladies. I had more dates then than when I was in my 20's. Go figure. Married one of those grey haired guys, by the way. <br />I'll be checking out Advance Style, thanks for the link.yarndivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132680063667909853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post-12592696317005215482011-10-30T11:51:25.943-05:002011-10-30T11:51:25.943-05:00I'm so not shaking my head... well actually I ...I'm so not shaking my head... well actually I am but not the way you might think. I so agree! Thanks for your comment and dialogue, I enjoyed reading it and could relate to some of your experiences too. I agree with your comment that beauty is in a grandmother's laugh lines rather than waif-thin peeps. I remember being happy to leave my twenties too. And yes, a co-worker really did say that! I don't know why people still amaze me sometimes, at least it gave me something to write about.Gracahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07709238617916016462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432018953404985645.post-29237330287228803352011-10-30T11:31:02.653-05:002011-10-30T11:31:02.653-05:00Excellent post! I've been thinking about this...Excellent post! I've been thinking about this a lot, even though most would consider me young to be considering it. I just turned 30 this year, and I couldn't be happier to be out of my 20's. Maybe it's because I've been sewing for myself that I'm recognizing that the clothes in the malls are just not designed for me, either my body type (curvy and strong, thank you very much), or my actual age. I'm not interested in looking like a waif-thin girl, and I certainly can't pull off the skin-tight clothes that are popular. Those clothes really are for teenagers, but it's shoved at grown woman as what we should be able to wear to maintain our 'youth'. <br /><br />There's not much that bothers me more than when people call me a 'girl'. I know most don't mean anything by it, even a guy I was seeing always referred to me as one. But it bugs me because I'm a grown woman, not a child anymore. I've worked hard to get through my teen years, and even my early 20's, and I'm proud to be where I am now. <br /><br />Sadly, it's awkward to deal with at work (where I deal with construction and mine workers) because you know that the mentality behind it all is that I'm just a girl who is trying hard to work in a men's field, and I practically choke on the condescension and "oh let her try" vibe I get off people sometimes.<br /><br />What happened to the time when a girl couldn't wait to grow up and be a woman? Why do the majority of us never want to grow up? I certainly do, and it's annoying to try to do so when everyone and the media is screaming at me not to. I like my growing wrinkles, and I think my Grandma's laugh-lines are gorgeous. I'm looking forward to a time when the joy I've taken out of life shows up on my face like that!<br /><br />Anyways, you're probably shaking your head at someone like me popping in and blathering on about my personal experience with this topic when I'm still quite young (and still look younger than I am). I know I haven't experienced a drop of the problems out there (did your co-worker really say that?!), but awareness is key, eh? And I've been thinking about this a lot. Good to know I have more battles a head of me. :/Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10477887672613694373noreply@blogger.com