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By Claudya

Funny San Francisco Latina Blogger

July 14, 2011 Claudya Martinez

Questions about Beauty

Does this beauty make me look fat?
Does it go with my new hat?

Is it too tight around my ass?
Do you think it makes me look crass?

Can I wear it to Sunday brunch?
Or do you think it’s a bit much?

Will it ever be enough?
Will I always stress about this stuff?

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  1. Anonymous says

    July 14, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Have those same questions…..love my new floppy hat but I feel like I need to be going somewhere in order to wear it. 

    I like your rhyming post today!

    Reply
  2. Rebecca says

    July 14, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    Just trash all the mirrors and you’ll start looking from within.

    Reply
  3. blankBossy Betty says

    July 14, 2011 at 3:24 pm

    Found a shirt yesterday that look great from the front but hideous from the back.  The whole situation threw me into a crisis!  I can relate to your thoughts!

    Reply
  4. blankPolly says

    July 14, 2011 at 4:49 pm

    why do we do this to ourselves? why are we never satisfied? I will say I’m happier (or would content be a better term) with “me” as I get older. 

    Reply
  5. blankbrainella says

    July 14, 2011 at 4:53 pm

    My son still tells me I’m beautiful (I wonder how long that will last). That’s all that matters, I suppose… 🙂

    Reply
  6. blanksunshine says

    July 14, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    I ask some of those same questions a lot. Great post!

    Reply
  7. blankMama Zen says

    July 14, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    It never ends!

    Reply
  8. blankEva Gallant says

    July 14, 2011 at 6:44 pm

    Sounds a little like Dr. Seus has been here!

    Reply
  9. blanklisleman says

    July 14, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    From what little I know – married, 2 kids, hangs out in the city by the bay.   Things could always be a little better.  That thought keeps us improving and growing.  But perfection?  –  forget it.  It’s just an illusion.
    “Will I always stress about this stuff?”   –  you already have that answer – I bet there has been many moments with your family that this stress was no where to be found.
    Nice poetry.
     

    Reply
  10. blankClassic NYer says

    July 14, 2011 at 9:39 pm

    All this time you’ve been a poet…
    and all this time I didn’t know it?

    Stop looking so hard at your booty
    and maybe then you’ll see your beauty.

    I say the same thing to myself nightly
    Lest you think I’m high and mighty…

    Does mighty rhyme with nightly? Wow I suck at this, haha!

    Reply
    • blankunknownmami says

      July 14, 2011 at 11:50 pm

      Haha…she said hard.

      Reply
  11. blankMiMi says

    July 14, 2011 at 9:57 pm

    Ooooh, that’s a good one!!! Sorry I’ve been so absent, I’m on “vacay” in my brain, ya know! 🙂

    Reply
  12. blankKatharine says

    July 14, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    Lol! My daughter works in a clothing store, and she says the ones that worry the most and ask the most “Can I have your opinion on this”  questions…are between 60 and 70+yrs old…so maybe it’s an always stress? Gee, I hope not.

    Reply
  13. blankOtin says

    July 15, 2011 at 12:10 am

    I was waiting for the Cat in the Hat to pop out! LOL

    Reply
  14. blankJeanie says

    July 15, 2011 at 2:31 am

    I don’t know if it is vanity or just striving to look our best, but yes, I think the questions will always be there. The questions may change but they will always be there in some form. 

    Reply
  15. blankShelly Shuey says

    July 14, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    all I know is my beauty and I cannot befriend any cameras these days.

    Reply
  16. blankDavidwaters005 says

    July 15, 2011 at 3:23 pm

    what a clever write, asking the questions so many have asked…well done

    Reply
  17. blankAnonymous says

    July 15, 2011 at 7:08 pm

    I ask these questions of myself EVERY day! Well put.

    🙂
    Traci

    Reply
  18. blankMelinda says

    July 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    I waste so much time stressing about this stuff!

    Reply
  19. blankMelinda says

    July 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    I waste so much time stressing about this stuff!

    Reply
  20. blankAnonymous says

    July 17, 2011 at 6:52 pm

    Yes!

    Reply
  21. blankAbsenceofalternatives says

    July 17, 2011 at 10:20 pm

    Love this. Confession: as much as I go rah rah over inner beauty, I am stressed out about these same questions…

    Reply
  22. blankGood Day Regular People says

    July 18, 2011 at 1:46 am

    I’m with trashing the mirrors.

    You’re only as pretty as you feel, and no one can convince even the most beautiful woman of that, if she doesn’t feel it.

    Reply
  23. blankChris H says

    July 21, 2011 at 10:18 am

    None of us feel really beautiful… lets be real.
    There is always something we would like to change!

    Reply

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