While commuting into work together, the BF and I were reading a copy of AM New York (a high quality piece of journalism that can be read cover to cover in less than 20 minutes--it's free, what can I say) and we got to their summer guide section which had an article called "Creams to tighten and tone". The BF asked what the creams were for and I told him, "to combat cellulite." He then said that maybe I should try the NIVEA Body Skin Firming Moisturizer with Advanced Q10 Complex, since it was only $9.95 at Duane Reade, to see if it works. He thought that the La Prairie Caviar Luxe Body Cream ($300 at Bloomingdales) was a rip off. I just stared at him and was stunned into silence for the rest of the commute.
I think that maybe this was his payback for my making him watch the Backstreet Boys on the Today show and then the segment on "how to tell if you've got the right bra" after that.
At lunch, I was walking in midtown to run some errands and I got the reaffirmation that I sorely needed after the "you should try that cream" discussion with BF. A homeless man said that I looked good enough to eat and a hispanic delivery guy who was walking towards me called me "mami." It's nice to know I've still got it. Thanks, homeless and hispanic guys!
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i called my Director, a 40 year old semi-chubby woman "mami" recently...I also called my 6 month old niece "mami" as in "why you cryin? Mami?" sometimes that's just how Latin guys roll..
The last time someone mentioned that I was good enough to eat, I did not take it as a compliment at face value. I asked a very important follow up
"are you drowning me in BBQ sauce prior to taking a bite or just taking me as I am?"
I suggest a similar tact going forward...
It always helps to put things in perspective...ie, if you make a trip to Boston this summer, head down to Nantasket Beach. You will be in better shape in a bikini than 99.9% of people there, although likley will have fewer tatoos and hair dye.
Gee, Xtian. Thanks for the advice.
As for the BF, he apologized and didn't realize that I would be so offended by his statement.
He said that he wanted be to try the cream as a sort of scientific experiment to see if the stuff worked. Yeah. Right.
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