The genteel poor learned to work for a living. If they're really genteel, they work at nonprofits or universities or art galleries.
My best fruend and I grew uo "genteel poor". That is , maybe the toilet never worked properly and you had to throw the dushwater out in the yard, but you were well read and never worried where the food was coming from. She was a little more genteel than I.
This has made us form our theory that this had made us unsuccessful, even though we are both smart and personable. We don't want to take risks. If you have parents who can bail you out, you can take big rishs, and if you are very poor you can too, because what have you got to lose! If you spent your life just barely hanging on to lower middle class, you don;t want to take the risk. You can see where you were just one step away from worrying about food to eat, and you neer want that.
This is why I am a secvretary and not a costume designer. I know I can eat I know I have health insurance and a roof over my head.
all instances of pinching only refer to the pinching of sara's cheeks and ita's bum.
Good luck with that! It's like STEEL, baybee.
This reminds me of a question we used to debate in college -- if you knew someone was going to pinch your butt (and it was someone who you *wanted* to be pinching your butt), would you clench your butt muscle to make it seem all tight and buns-of-steel, or would you leave it unclenched?
It hurts less if you clench.
It hurts less if you clench.
But this is someone you want to be pinching your butt. Are you revealing some masochistic yearnings? Denial of same? How long have you felt this way, Ms HP?
If *I* wanted them to pinch my butt, there's a good chance I'd be be all showing off and all buns of steel. But I think I shouldn't. So from now on, I resolve not to.
If I want somebody to be pinching my butt, I don't want to be yelling "Yipe!". So I vote for clenching as the non-yipey strategy.
If I want somebody to be pinching my butt, I don't want to be yelling "Yipe!"
Couldn't you just want them to not be trying to tear chunks out of your ass?
I've never
wanted
anyone to pinch me so hard it'd hurt if I wasn't all prepped for them. Not that there's anything *wrong* with that.
I hope this is not the OC hinted at in one preview once that will lead me to hate.
No signs of such yet.
I have pictures of my new toy! But not online.
There will be no pinching of my butt. Never. So I do not have to contemplate the variations any further.
::pinches sarameg's butt::
::watches large purple bruise blossom::
In a very special episode of My Diamond Shoes Pinch My Feet, I have to note that these free corporate party crab cakes are too salty. The champagne's good though.
I think that's next episode, sara. Not because I know -- just because of pacing.
::smacks sara's behind::
