I vaguely remember your thread on the old boards, but we've got an awful lot of new people here these days, so praps you could do a recap for us.

Otherwise it all feels a bit as though we're coming in very late to someone else's conversation! And that sort of feels rude - which of course we don't want to be whilst in heaven.

If you keep your arms down at your sides when it's windy, it helps keep your skirt from blowing around.

Thanks for the advice always worth trying to bear in mind, occainionally one has to do other things with one's arms as well though,any chance of a spare pair of arms?

Bye for now

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don't wear any underwear.

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Just one or two people at my church did'nt approve of all this

I take pride in my appearence and do wish this negative minority & faction at my church would leave me alone

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You've got me ranting now. Do people honestly feel it is their right to come up and comment on your dress? Says more about them I think.So this is the sort of thing I am missing by not going to Church.

God bless your cotton socks or whatever else is visable.

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Originally posted by Carmel:
I can still remember the reaction I got from my best friend when we went out to lunch one time and he told me with considerable disapproval afterwards that I should have worn a slip under my skirt. I told him that if he had noticed that, he was a dirty old man.

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'Tis quite true, any chap who makes any sort of comment on visible underwear, bra straps, marks on clothing, runs in tights etc etc is treading on ice of a thickness only measurable by certain physicists specialising in sub atomic particles...

Becky could of course try the reverse, commenting on the fact that certain fastners are undone, the colour of their underwear; any sort of comment about thinning of hair is also incredibly painful to any man.

as a last resort (though not recommnded for use in any but the direst emergency) you could ask them if they feel particularly cold, or have just been swimming... when they ask why simply reply that they "seem even smaller than usual"

of course there's always physical violence...

or just watch about 36 hours of Oprah straight, then walk about however you want without giving a damn...... girlfriend

1. You can't change the minds of your detractors.

2. Like it or not, how you present yourself in different circles will be accepted differently, depending on the values of each group. This is a fact of life and it is why we wear suits to work.

Better go and answer some of these other replies.

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you can't get more real than when a cruel wind sends one's skirts/petticoats billowing upward and about to reveal your all to all & sundry

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Originally posted by Bruce Stanley:

You've got me ranting now. Do people honestly feel it is their right to come up and comment on your dress? .

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I kind of agree with Bruce-y babes. Interesting how many churches take the line that men's inappropriate sexual responses (after all that was what the people in question were getting at, wasn't it?) is something that women are responsible for. An interesting patriarchal hangover.

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People do judge you by what you wear and you may not like the conclusions they draw. [A banker friend said that short skirts at work spelt “totty” and their wearers got treated accordingly]. If you know that you’re going to have to sit on the floor or it’s going to be windy outside then a short skirt is perhaps not a good move – unless you enjoy flashing your bits at all and sundry. A longer skirt or a pair of nice trousers might be a better bet or you could try a short skirt and thick tights.

Christian women [and men!] do have to take responsibility for the effect that their clothes have on others … If you know that your clothes are seriously upsetting someone then you may chose to ensure that you wear something else while they’re around – out of respect for their feelings – and save the short skirts for other company. [All that stuff about not causing a brother or sister to stumble – it’s somewhere in the Bible].

I do find the basic assumption that the detractors are men extremely amusing – since I know some women who would also make such comments about another woman’s dress.

But if you’re not prepared to change then as Erin so rightly says, “Since you continue to dress that way, you need to suck it up and deal”.

"If you get the impression that I am looking down your top this evening, it's because I am"

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Originally posted by sacredthree:
If I end up next to someone at some function who is wearing a fairly low cut top I normally say something along the lines of

"If you get the impression that I am looking down your top this evening, it's because I am"

Seems to work at treat.

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What, exactly, is the response?

I find it odd they comment. Perhaps you could choose one of your longer Laura Ashley numbers for when you're with them? Also, what ARE these short skirts which billow up in the wind? I have a few short skirts but they don't contain enough width to flap about (oo-er Missis!!)

Whatever, you obviously prefer the comments to the thought of changing your style - in which case, do as Erin says. I've never heard that phrase either but it is admirably self-explanatory. Must hark back to Erin's days running a casion, when if a drink got spilt you just had to get on with the game...

for me i get round the short skirt thing by wearing cycle shorts underneath them - especially if cycling. my probelm is more that i like wearing leathers occasionally - and that can get some reactions...

Becky T has posted a grand total of 9 times, all on this thread. This is a wind-up. It is not real at all.

Who cares what "Becky T" wears? I certainly could not care less about any other question that has been asked on the Ship! Anyone can wear what they like, but they have to take the consequences of their clothes wearing decisions.

"Becky T" has shown no interest at all in engaging in any form of discussion. Expel this thread to Hell where all lies should be! Well, either Hell or just delete the thing.

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Originally posted by Karl:
Who was it who said 'Women use sex to get what they want. Men can't do this because sex is what they want'?

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Think this was on a Frasier episode at least that's where I first heard it.

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BECKY T BRINGS ME CLOSER TO OUR GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER

Get real. Get a real woman. Real women are much more fun!

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p.s. Please feel free to correct any grammatical or spelling mistakes.

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Originally posted by Moo:
What, exactly, is the response?

Moo

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Varies. Mainly a "fine look all you want". Sometimes it gets me in hot water.

Now that this thread is in hell I could reveal my favourite line of all, but I wouldn't want to get into trouble ...

This is not a good sign.

At first, I was thinking of "I am sixteen going on seventeen" from The Sound of Music, but then "There is nothing like a dame" from South Pacific intruded.

And since I have an eidetic memory when it comes to music, I hear Ray Walston singing it to me.

Must.think.of.something.else.

Be that as it may. This is the first time I've really laughed in quite a while.

So thanks, Becky. You may be a troll, but you're sure a fun one. Welcome to hell.