<p>"Why is it that my flesh looks like raw bread dough in saran wrap?" What, were you trying on see-through suits?</p>
<p>And my priority is not "passably attractive." It's to prevent whiplash (whether in horror or disbelief).</p>
<p>SBMom. LOL.</p>
<p>Your little guy sounds so sweet:).</p>
<p>Just think, now if you are drunk at the beach it is only icing on the cake....I bet you look fabulous. Here's to middle aged women, long may we reign.</p>
<p>I once asked my son (he was 5-ish) if he thought I was fat. He quickly said, "No Mom, you're soft!"</p>
<p>"Fluffy" is another good word to use instead of "fat". "Fluffy" doesn't work too well in bathing suits, though.
I almost cried when I saw your post, SBMom. I, too, did the swimsuit thing today. On our family Christmas cruise in December, My daughter (21) gently suggested that I might want to consider moving on to tankinis or 1 piece suits. I was complaining about "looking fat". I am a runner and do all kinds of exercise, but nothing has kept me in the shape I think I should be in..... The glaring dressing room lights did me in and ALL the suits remained in the store. Mail order might work.....</p>
<p>MOWC, I will lend you my son. He will hug & praise you through it.</p>
<p>Or, you can just go to Europe or Brazil, where women 2x your size will be in thongs with no top. You will feel downright emaciated in that kind of crowd.</p>
<p>Alu, he is. So sweet.</p>
<p>overseas, horror & disbelief: what took me a page you summed up in two words! :)</p>
<p>firefly, you have a kid like mine. :)</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAHA, SBmom! :D You mean you didn't have the helpful sales clerk who keeps bringing you suits with titanium-strength bras? You know, the ones with five layers of foam in each cup? </p>
<p>Me: *Why, thank you. This will be very helpful the next time I have to perform as Brunhilde, the baritone Viking princess. </p>
<p>Why don't we just skip the suit, and I can use one of those canvas tarp/crane contraptions used for transporting whales? Oh, and I'll need the World's Most Hard-Up cabana boy to empty buckets of sunscreen on me.* ;)</p>
<p>:)[ul][<em>]D-monoman-S is home and I can report that he is not at death's door; fever and sore throat are gone and he's sleeping 16 hours at a clip, which is fine[</em>]the scores to his Chem final have been posted (the one he took when the fever and throat were raging but he hadn't been diagnosed and gotten the Dean approval for Incompletes yet) and he did fine, fine, fine[<em>]Spring is In the Air - yes! we are having spring in Maine (we usually get Mud Season instead) - tulips, daffodils, azaleas, warm sun, sweet smelling air, happy happy happy[</em>]DH is home too but had the smarts to head out to the golf course first thing this morning (a girl needs to adjust slowly to the loss of bachelorette-hood)[<em>]no need for bathing suit shopping for me this year; did that last year (took the mail order and virtual model approach; highly recommended)[</em>]it's Cinqo de Mayo (and my birthday)-margaritas all around; guacamole (hold the cilantro for Alumother) too[/ul]</p>
<p>Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday Dear JMMOM,
Happy Birthday to you. CHA CHA CHA!</p>
<p>w00t it's a BIRTHDAY! Someone throw a sombrero on jmmom so we can all embarrass her at her table by clapping loudly and singing, in the immortal strains of our local Mexican restaurant chain, </p>
<p>Happy happy birthday
From the Alley crew!
We wish it was our birthday
So we could party, too! Ole'!</p>
<p>Well, heck, let's just us party too anyway, shall we? (A very merry un-birthday to all!)</p>
<p>Stick a sombrero on monoman-jmSon for us, will ya? kthxbai</p>
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<p>jmmom always stands ready to be educated by her superiors in the internet-saviness dept.</p>
<p>That would be you, mootmom ;).</p>
<p>btw, we must celebrate maximally all birthdays where the numero de annos still begins with a cinqo (Those days are fading fast).</p>
<p>"kthxbai" is, I am told, LiveJournal-ish shorthand for, "OK? Thanks. Bye!"</p>
<p>I just like writing "kthxbai" that's all. :) Even when it's not terribly meaningful in context. MAN, I need one of those margaritas, maybe it'll make this two-day migraine go away!</p>
<p>(/me is humbled by your kind compliment, btw)</p>
<p>oh moot, sympathies on the migraine. I used to get 'em real bad until I had.... drumroll... grown up orthodontia. Do you by any chance have an overbite or grind your teeth? Permanent migraine cure is just a retainer away.</p>
<p>JMMOM: a birthday hug to you!!</p>
<p>mootie,</p>
<p>sorry about you migraine, hope you haven't stopped drinking and got a hangover by accident.</p>
<p>Jmmom, happy bithday to you. thanks for the guacamole.</p>
<p>Now, take off that sombrero so we can throw some chips in it. I love you madly but I am not giving up my shoes for you :D</p>
<p>when do we start tossing back the tequila shots? we'll have to dothem without salt because we don't want slugg to have an adverse reaction.</p>
<p>I would like to dibs slugg's salt AND Alu's cilantro.</p>
<p>Arriba, Abajo, El Centro, El Entro....</p>
<p>Huge loud girl air kisses and cries of "Sweetie!' for jmmom. Will even spill some tequila on you and apologize and try to wipe it up and apologize even more and begin to giggle and then say "OMG! I am going to wet my pants!" and run to the bathroom. </p>
<p>Did you ever watch Absolutely Fabulous? A great approach to wending our ways through the 40's, into the 50's, and out again.</p>
<p>Have I ever told you all I am quite fond of you?</p>
<p>That is the WASP-girl version of, "I love you guys!"</p>
<p>HAPPY BIRTHDAY JMMOM!!!!</p>
<p>And moot, sorry for yelling given your migraine. I used to get those. Went away when I gave up coffee for tea. But they were godawful.</p>
<p>I LOVED AB FAB!!!!</p>
<p>Yes, Adina & Patsy are my spirit guides. Favorite Episode Morocco/Marianne Faithful?</p>
<p>Ok we gotta set some up for jym626.</p>
<p>as older s's college graduation and younger s's HS graduation are falling on the SAME DAY!! </p>
<p>Drink until a solution comes</p>