Did you ever think how many potential friends you may have lost by going to the store that way?

When FIRST meeting you, I would only be able to SEE the OUTSIDE!

I RUN from people in stores who do not BRUSH their HAIR.

Sorry, I don't want to OFFEND you, STILL..

But that kinda stuff DISGUSTS ME...

But I guess you might consider me DISGUSTING..but I assure you, I DON'T LOOK DOLLED UP..you just can't see all my DARK CIRCLES around my eyes...YUCK...

My make-up looks NATURAL...LOL...

You have every right to do so, I guess but MEDC, please do not post on this thread.

I truly do not have any outside activities at all. My sons sporting events and my daughters acedemic things at school i attend everyone of them i have never missed anything of my kids. I do not hang out with friends (heck i really do not even have friends, i talk to my smoking buddies here at work but only at work and i talk to my family on occasion which is HUGE there are 68 of us last count with just my immediate family).

Wow, MEDC.

Again, we don't do all this FOR MEN. This is about women empowering themselves, in whatever form that takes. Your last comment about this silliness seemed a little unnecessary, and rude.

I'm not in this looking for some man. I'm looking for me. If a man doesn't like a woman with makeup on (and we're talking a natural glow here, not hookerville) then he's not for me, and I'm not for him. That's cool and A OK with me.

Now, as far as asking SC about what floats her boat, sans kids and husband, it's a very valid point. I'm asking about what makes HER happy. It doesn't have to be makeup, and it doesn't have to be geared toward her husband.

It could be volunteering, as Believer does, who BTW, just recently delved into the world of makeup. It could be gardening, woodworking, car restoration, biking, whatever. I'm interested in HER.

AND it could simply be family. I get that too. Mine has dwindled a great deal in the past 9 years, from deaths and addiction, but I still love my family dearly and put them first.

SL, I didn't suggest it was done for men??? Did I? I actually agree with all of your post. The "silliness" comment was not offered to offend...I just happen to be a man that finds some of the girly girl stuff silly. I was trying to identify with SC.


IMHO, the bottom line is being happy with who you really are.

Yes, we are interested in HER..and arguments start by calling this SILLY..and I don't want to have discussions with MEDC at all ever again in my life..PERIOD...

This is the last thing that I plan to ever say to you...

PLEASE, MEDC, DO NOT POST ON THIS THREAD!!

"Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old." Franz Kafka

BEAUTY TIP OF THE DAY..from IGOOGLE...

Striving to continue my love for the GODDESS THREAD..

It seems as though i have baffled you all. I really and truly do not do ANYTHING "girlie". I do not sew or bake or decorate or garden (heck i do not have a green thumb at all i kill everything) or do crafts or hair or make-up or going out with the girls or i don't know i could go on forever.

I am not offended by "girlie" things it is just not for me. I am going to be so up [censored] creek when my kids leave home (even though i have told them none of them are allowed to leave LOL)

Ah but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And i will retreat from your lovely Goddess thread now.

Be your fabulous self.

Well, when you become a girl, we'll discuss it. As it stands, I believe you are a man, and I don't expect you to find it all that interesting, but still think it rude to call what many find important 'silly'. Seems a little judgmental to me. Judge away if you wish though, no skin off my back.

I AM identifying with SC. I cannot say that rolling out of bed, hair akembo, is a great look for anybody. I don't find it wholly necessary, in MY life to put makeup on to run out to the drugstore, but I have great skin, too, and am DARN lucky for it. My sister, however, has the dark eye circles from the fifth circle of h3ll, and would NEVER leave the house without concealer on. I never got it, when I was younger, because I had no experience having dark circles. Now that I'm a bit older, and things aren't as perky and bright as they once were, I CAN identify with my sister.

Outward appearance, IMO, is important. You are telling the world how you feel about yourself. When I was down, I didn't much give a hoot about my appearance. My soul was hurting, so my appearance took a back seat. I still made efforts that satisfied ME, even at my lowest. Now that I'm recovering, I find it important to show how I feel on the inside TO the outside world.

That's just how I roll. It's not for everybody.

As for SC, I can believe that family takes a higher place in her life than anything else, but I think brushing your hair is kinda important, unless the house is on fire, OR your hair looks okey dokey without it, which could be true, in her case.

Well actually my hair doesn't look too bad when i roll out of bed. But i do have the dark circles, it is just something i have never cared about and i don't think i am going to start now but who knows ANYTHING is possible.

Hey, SC, before you take your leave.

I wanted you to know a thing or two about this goddess. Not all I do is considered GIRLY.

I work on my car, I fix the mower, mow the lawn, do drywall work, paint, dig up stuff, I enjoy playing with earth worms, pillow fights, swimming, playing tag, listening to music (by male and female artist, no less). I enjoy scientific literature, reading of all kinds, and so on.

I dislike crafting, needlework of all kinds, scrapbooking, etc. Not my thing.

It's not all about primping and preening. It's about feeding your soul. What feeds your soul? Right now, it's your children. You may not be screwed, you may just have to shift geers after they have gone. Life doesn't end when the children leave, so I've heard.

I don't know what to say...except..HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

Mimi..SILLY, FABULOUS, GLAMOUROUS, "GIRLIE" and "DOLLED-UP"..

What feeds my soul is my kids and nothing more. I do not do ANYTHING else. I am wrapped up in their lives and do NOTHING for myself. Which is not necessarily a bad thing but i do worry about what i am going to do when they leave.

I really do not enjoy any of the things you mentioned above either. I truly go to work, come home, take care of my family, watch a little TV, go to bed, get up the next morning and do it all over again.

Now doing things with my kids is a different story. We DO things together all the time. I enjoy being outside so we go frisbee golfing and camping alot in the summer (once again though i don't brush my hair or even put on my make-up when we are camping).

Still:

What's the status of your marriage? Are you in Recovery????

Well i guess i am why (in recovery that is) why?

BTW my hubby does things with us in the summer too, it is always a family thing.

SC, I think you are touching on what I'm saying. Right now, you dive into family with reckless abandon. You DO activities. These are things YOU choose to do to feel good about YOU.

Frisbee golf being one of them. Doing things as a family can be very fulfilling and uplifting. I think you'll cross the bridge of what you will do next when you come to it.

Well then by golly i guess i am a goddess too LOL