to feel that a woman in her 30s who chooses to wear large silk flowers in her hair on a daily basis, entirely without irony

[OrmIrian]

is asking to be thought a loon.

They match the colour of her shoes. Which somehow makes it worse.

but what is the definition of eccentricity

I used to have deep purple hair
I wear short skirts with leggings
I have a pair of hippy patchwork trousers
I am getting my nose pierced

I dont think I am eccentric
I just wear what I look at in the mirror and like

modrin - I wear clothes as plain as possible. Very little floral stuff. No lace or frills. Jeans, t-shirts. Not terrible colourful. I don't like to stand out any more than I do by dint of my height.

And I admire the bloody-mindedness of eccentricity, I like the idea of being able to pull on any old thing that happens to be about. I dislike grown women trying to be cute - she isn't just floral, she is Hello Kitty personified iyswim.

so you object to her trying to look like a little girl?

but i don;t know any little girls who dress like that !

Ahhh whoisasking...at last! Someone understands me

I do have a friend who wears Winnie the Pooh fleeces and tigger watches and that type of thing. I will admit it makes me cringe.

She's tiny and looks about 12 though she's my age,25,and then wonders why people think she looks like a kid.

However if it makes her happy, so be it. Each to their own.

Ha! No good saying 'each to their own' thunder....you admit it makes you cringe. Yes! I am vindicated

Is this like the bunches in the hair over 30 thing?

My friend makes me cringe, perhaps because she's my friend, if I see other people doing it it really doesn't bother me.

Actually why it probably bothers me is because people seem to think that I'm her mother because she looks so young and is so small, I'm much taller than her but I don't think I look older than mid 20s.

It's not exactly what you want to hear.

She sounds like she is enjoying life to me.

Nowt wrong with that. You probably express your joie de vivre in a different way.

Just because she fancies being a bit cutesypie doesn't mean she 'wants shooting with shit'

(Read that on a thread just and I think it is so evocative}

Oh, and those shaun the sheep backpacks as well.

Just Stop It. You're 37 years old FFS.

Actually she acts like a kid too but that's another story.

Joie de vivre! How dare you. Never touch the stuff. I am a natural Eeyore

Shall I send her to you for a makeover Ormirian?

You might be an eeyore Orm, but as long as you're not WEARING eeyore, then that's alright.

I don't usually bother with forming opinions on other people's clothes but there is one woman who I see walking her children to school every day in one of those fleeces with cute ickle doggies on them .

I mean, really

Kind of like the idea of wearing flowers in my hair though.

If you're going to Saaaan Fraaaaaansiiiiscooooo..

i read that as natural eyesore first time and was thinking dont be so hard on yourself

modrin - that too

Hanyway... I don't care that most of you think IABU. I am very very happy today so I shall try to be gracious to the ickle girly woman and smile on her follicular floral displays.

Why are you so happy? Do you have ice cream? Is it Ben and Jerry's?
If so you must share, according to the Ice cream law of 79'.

No icecream. I have cashews and an apple.

But we were told today that DS#1 is getting a certificate from school for being a jolly good sort and having a good attitude etc.

Wonderful. Well done to ds and you.

And I love cashews, so you have to share those too.

Oh orm I do thsi somtimes (not always, when I fancy it)

am a loon though

AM not Hello kitty mind LOL!

Just to mention, I never realised you were particularly tall LOL. Perhaps because at 5.5 feet I am shortest in my siblings so used to fairly tall, but nope can't remember spotting it

Jealousy is an ugly thing. Just because you're all grown up and the people who 'don't conform' are having more fun haven't.