Women and attire
I began wondering about women's obsession with clothing, shoes, hand-bags, cosmetics and jewelry many years ago. More, more, always more. Never enough.
Before beginning I wish to state with absolute clarity that I do NOT speak about ALL women. There are exceptions to anything.
When my wife and I moved into our new house, she immediately took sole possession of the 8 foot wide closet in the master bedroom. I, however, was limited to a narrow 3 foot wide closet, which truthfully, was more than ample.
Every month my wife would disappear into the fashion mall, not to be seen again until exhaustion had set in. On such days she would finally show up at home loaded down with enough feminine fashion to outfit a small crowd of females.
I always knew what would soon happen --- fashion show.
Being a dutiful husband I gave up any attempt to read a book or watch a game on the TV and gave her my undivided attention.
Special note to men: This is definitely NOT the time for honesty. With an absolutely straight face, you must lie through your teeth. When she asks, "Does this dress make me look fat?" The ONLY acceptable answer is, "No honey. Not at all" Woe betide any man who says, "It's not
the dress that's making you look fat" No matter how silly looking the clothing, laughter will result in you sleeping on the couch for several weeks.
When it comes to fashion, even the most level-headed, intelligent, woman, is not to be trusted.
A year or so ago, the famous actress Demi Moore was out at some evening event and when she returned to her hotel suite all of her clothing had been stolen. The following day when the insurance adjuster arrived Miss Moore reported the value of the stolen clothing to be $260,000. I'm sure she was telling the truth, but $260 K ? Just in clothes? And that was just what she had taken on the road with her. God knows how much more clothing was at home.
You may recall Imelda Marcos, wife of the president of The Philippines, had 2,000 pairs of shoes.
It would appear, to this man, that the amount of clothing, shoes, hand-bags, cosmetics and jewelry that a woman owns is limited ONLY by the amount of money she has access to.
I ask this mostly in humorous jest. But I also would really like to know. So, what say you ? What's up with this ?