posted September 18, 2016 03:00 PM            

I feel like I give people the death stare when someone blurts out stuff like "I don't know how you're wearing that."

I remember as a kid in the 2000's it was NOT cool to wear a dress "just because." I remember a girl in my class wore a dress for no reason and a bunch of kids went up to her like "Why are you wearing that?" in a snotty tone. Or "Hey look I didn't know you could wear curtains"

I feel like it's starting to change. But lately I'm like why do I have to get treated like a freak of nature for wearing skirts and dresses more often?

I got crap from people at my old job for it from time to time.

Last week at my new job, I got "I don't know how you're sitting down in that skirt."
I tactfully educated her, but on the inside I was like "Are you serious? This skirt goes below my knees, and I KNOW HOW TO KEEP MY LEGS SHUT!!"

And then it was kind of cute and dumb when she said "did you have to always wear skirts at your old job?"

I wanted to blurt out "HELLO!! ONE DAY I WAS WEARING PANTS HERE!! (and another time long shorts! Teehee!")

I guess I kind of love and hate the reaction I get from people.

My inner Scorpio moon monologue is like "You are an idiot" "do you realize how dumb you sound?!"

But then my Aquarius Mars kind of loves shocking people like "Aww how cute you think I care? You think you can make self conscious and ashamed? Just wait!...I bet you can't wait for it to be winter, and think I'll stop! Nope, I'll just break out the leg warmers and fuzzy leggings! HahahaHA, in your face!"
It's fuel to the fire! I will bike in skirts now and be thinking "wow this feels good, how scandalous I am! That's right people I'm ridding a bike with a skirt on take that society!"

Having people makes comments can irritate me, but also makes me feel flattered that I am being "unique" and true to myself.
And my Leo IC likes being noticed too. I get positive attention too, and it's pretty funny when someone notices that I am wearing pants.

Not to sound like the millennial I am, but DRESS AND SKIRT SHAMING PEOPLE IS NOT COOL!
It's really not a good look, unless it's part of the job description to tell people what to wear.

Don't let anyone make you feel bad or self conscience if you feel like wearing dresses and skirts to work, school, or wherever.

posted September 19, 2016 12:26 AM            

And also very surprising to me (not the trying to police what you wear, just that they'd police it in that way). I just looked through 2016 in Fashion and saw plenty of dresses, found advice to women on how to dress for interviews (less than a month old as of this time) includes skirts & dresses, and I've seen plenty of women wear dresses and skirts not look particularly defiant...I certainly never felt strange when I wear a dress, no more than usual anyway. (Given that skirts and dresses are easy to find, they're not unpopular, otherwise one would normally have to go to specialty stores to get them.)

I suppose it could go back to the old dress codes of school, which, even these days is vigorously enforced against females while not caring much about the boys (unless the boys wear feminine attire) with females blamed for the male attention of boys (I remember that well from my own days in school back in the 90s, though when I kicked the boy in the face who kept goosing me I was wearing pants, and the principal still excused the boy's behavior as "boys will be boys"). I've heard of more outrageous than in that article I linked to, one VP even made girls pull up their dresses at a school dance so she could inspect what they were wearing underneath!

posted October 07, 2016 09:20 PM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
HAHAHAHAHA!

What your fashion says about you as explained by Barbara of Rooster Teeth in less than 2 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfknHbmY-4k

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posted November 06, 2016 03:58 PM            

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Originally posted by PixieJane:
HAHAHAHAHA!

What your fashion says about you as explained by Barbara of Rooster Teeth in less than 2 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfknHbmY-4k

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posted November 06, 2016 04:07 PM            

Come on they are 1-2 years old, it's not hard to keep up with them when they are that little. And I'm thinking "lady I can still run faster than you in a dress and skirt." (she's old) I took her advice for a few weeks, but then I decided I don't have to, and she can just deal with me running faster than her in a dress or skirt.

posted November 07, 2016 12:32 PM            

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Originally posted by Stawr:
And last month a lady told me that I should wear pants on gym day, since I am expected to run with the 1-2 yr olds.

Come on they are 1-2 years old, it's not hard to keep up with them when they are that little. And I'm thinking "lady I can still run faster than you in a dress and skirt." (she's old) I took her advice for a few weeks, but then I decided I don't have to, and she can just deal with me running faster than her in a dress or skirt.

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posted January 26, 2017 11:04 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
People should mind their own bees' wax.

Anyone else know that expression?

Maybe it's just a Southern thing.

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posted January 28, 2017 05:45 PM            

Bees knees and bees wax both a saying here!