Belinda's brain

Sister I know how you feel, I couldn't believe it either.
So many people seem to have lost their senses of boundaries.

I took two of my three teenagers who don't like me very much shopping and when you shop with teens you can expect you'll be working  off some of your accumulated purgatory time. Teens are rarely satisfied with the things their parents buy for them and they like to express this fact much to the distress of their parents who really do try to please them even though they mostly think we're here to ruin run their lives. To make matters worse many of our clothing options were either, mildly trashy, overtly slutty and how much would you pay to......  too expensive , poor quality or "You expect a kid to wear this!?"

  (Sometimes young minds confuse trashy with beauty ( Think- Dolly Parton fashion) and they're unable to differentiate between the two, so you could imagine there was conflict.)

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I saw a very large young man wearing glasses and jean shorts down to his knees which nearly touched the top of his tube socks strolling through the lingerie department with his sister, mother girlfriend, wife or significant other and all the while looking at bras and  making suggestions about style, comfort, and fit. He made himself at home and commented about everything she looked at as she  asked for his opinion  repeatedly. (Which in MY opinion wasn't worth squat.) Naturally I wanted to hurl right then and there but not wanting to cause a scene I simply gave him the death stare, and my personal favorite- The "WTH" is your problem", stare.

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I don't ever want to see  men in the ladies department. I don't care if your with your wife, grandmother or best buddy. You don't belong there and what would you know about comfort and fit? If you want to buy these things for you wife order it on line.  Now if your ordering online for yourself, your brother in law, your mom or even for your girlfriend then I still have a problem with you but then that would  be an entirely  different post.

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As we were walking out, a woman was all excited with my Maria and said to her, "Your so sweet , what a nice person you are!" and I grabbed Maria's face and said, "Okay Maria, wha'd ya do?! But she said, "Nothing." The store manager pointed and said, "She gave her seat to that old man over there!"  He smiled at me as I said to him, "Geese, I'm spending my retirement on Catholic schools , thanks be to God, today I got some of my moneys worth." (He wasn't looking for bras either. He sat in a chair and minded his own business - like a real man who waits to find out what his wife bought when she gets home - Like a Christmas present.)

*I noticed that men tend to put their hands behind their back when confronted with these sort of situations. The man at the store did this same thing -when he didn't have his hands all over the merchandise.