society sux, the alternative is worse. I agree with you, what is this sense of propriety but self-degrading...mind you I can't easily relate to the Aunt Jemima concept that your mom referred to but I agree that while I don't really know your mom she seems to be quite an impressive person. We all care far too much how we look but I think you (and I) are in a generation that is placing practicalism/comfort as a higher priority than past generations. Take it back far enough and you have corsets...nowadays most colleges are filled with sweatpants and big sweaters/shirts/sandals/etc. We may have decided on the whole that we just don't care, or that what matters is our personal happiness not how we are perceived - if so kudos to us. 1) Gabriela was a bitch and so she probably would have scorned you but merely cuz she was a bitch. You, of course, have nobody to impress but yourself and if you're happy in pijamas then wear them proudly. I'm sure that one day, you will become as equally respected as your mother and when you wear rollers in
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