不久前,陪着参加了一次大学同学聚会。感触蛮多的。
最大的感触大概就是:我的天啊!怎么都这般模样了?
不是我的同窗,按理说我这种感慨从何而来?但都是同辈中人,也就比我大个两三岁而已,看在眼里,忍不住就想说几句。 首先,中年女人应该懂得着装打扮!再不是年华二八,怎么样都好看水灵,素面朝天,你,已没有那个资格了!稍微打扮一下吧?免得让你的男同窗惊叹,女同窗窃喜!
都生活在国外,像样点儿的衣服并不算太贵,又都是专业人士,找一件能够藏得住腰间的赘肉,稍微体现一下还是职业女性的风貌不为过吧,对得起别人更对得起自己! 看到水桶腰身的大妈穿着主妇进厨房的衣服大庭广众之下大声吆喝着孩子吃喝拉撒,我真的要晕倒!不至于吧?人生还有很长的一段路要走,怎么就自甘邋遢风韵荡然!
中年女人,我也是,所以,看见你的放弃,我会悲哀!因为那提醒我我也到了这把年纪!可是,我想说,即使岁月的脚步我们无法阻拦,我们至少可以优雅地老去吧!
所以,请你请你,参加这样的老同学聚会,或是任何形式的正式聚会,化点儿装,抹点儿粉,把头发整理好,找一件合体的衣装,让自己从平日的忙乱中安静下来,稍稍讲究一下,让自己稍稍感觉好一点儿,也让看到你的人觉得,岁月虽无情,可是,不同的季节里会有不一样的风景!无论是春天的花朵,还是秋天的落叶,都能让人心动和陶醉!
还有,除了孩子、老公和金钱,这个世上原本还有很多值得谈论的话题,比如说刚上映的那部好电影,还有餐厅里正播着的美妙动听的音乐,瞬息万变的世界和那永远不变的乡愁,都比夸老公的股票上涨或是公司被并购发财要悦耳得多!
人生此刻需要精心装点,素面朝天到了此时真的令人觉得没有美丽可言!朴实无华对这个年龄的女性已经不再适合,给你的素面增加点色彩吧!
中年女人,请美丽自己!
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海云女士:我的一个笑脸就冒犯您了?
当我看到JTD读者的跟贴和您的回答后,我心里一松,心想:有幽默感的人真好,可以把什么严肃的话题都变得轻松。这个笑脸是对他(她),也是对你的。意思是peace.只因本人中文打字太慢,才来了个笑脸作答。这是人身攻击吗?
写这篇文章可以说是有感而发,也是对我们这个年龄层的女人对生活态度的一种看法。可以不同意,但无须作人生攻击!正如你所说,如果是基督徒,我们宽以待人,但这并不代表你可以要求有信仰的人一套,你自己却可以置身事外!你那个笑脸的回应证明了你的对别人马克思主义对自己修正主义的态度!我本可以不再置评!但是我觉得有必要对其他的读者申明:
老实说,我这篇文章只是抛砖引玉,希望引出更多的好文字:这里就有一篇:跟进海云篇:请别不拘小节 (海外文轩,牧童歌谣写的)(http://www./node/1232)。
硬要说到我不喜欢谁谁,那真是臆想!我希望中年女人都能自强,这个年龄也能漂漂亮亮的。
祝大家再忙再老,都要爱惜自己,整整齐齐、漂漂亮亮!
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She does not like her husband's 大学同学, that's all. We all know why. Don't make too much out of this.
至于“专业人士”,家庭妇女一样也是专业人士,可惜很多家庭妇女自己都不敢认同,不是每个女人都能当好家庭妇女的,更不是每个女人都有这样的经济条件当家庭妇女的。当年劳工嫌我在家的工作态度和服务意识太差,才劝我出去上班的。我在工作上管二十个人和几亿的预算都游刃有余,回家对付三顿饭和两个孩子,搞得筋疲力尽的。我对家庭妇女这个工种怀着无比的敬畏和佩服。
JJMM,多爱自己一点, 因为我们做的很多事男人做不了的,你能为家和孩子做的事也是别人代替不了的。
You totally missed my point.
As I read your article, I thought about my friend who has an autistic child. Because of that, she rarely has time to do make up and looks much older than her peer. What would she feel if she reads “再不是年华二八,怎么样都好看水灵,素面朝天,你,已没有那个资格了!稍微打扮一下吧?免得让你的男同窗惊叹,女同窗窃喜!”?
As I read your article, I thought about my church sister, who has been taking care of a Down Syndrome son for 20 years. Yes, she looks like “水桶腰身的大妈穿着主妇进厨房的衣服大庭广众之下大声吆喝着孩子吃喝拉撒”, but she is beautiful to me and I am not going to faint because of her looking.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy reading many of your articles and I love to dress up and sport on makeups since I am aging. I, myself, dress nicely everyday to work. My point is: when you write article to public, you’d better apply some sensitivity.
If I were you, I would reword the above sentences by changing “you”to “I” .For instance, 面对镜子,我不觉惊叹岁月的痕迹。我已不再是年华二八,素面朝天都好看的年龄已经过去了。还是稍微打扮一下吧,免得我的男同窗惊叹,女同窗窃喜。
It is important to love yourself, it is also important to think about those who read your articles, especially those who are less fortunate than you…At least don’t use your words to hurt them. By the way, you are a Christian, right?
God Bless!
昨晚我家开Party, 有位美国的老太太,她七十多岁了,头发梳得整齐漂亮,衣服穿得正式得体,我跟她谈起我的这篇文章和你的评语,她哈哈大笑说:美国人为什么要告你?美国人感谢你把西方的文明转达给大众!你这篇文章是给华裔中年女人的荐言,为什么美国人告你?评论者似乎把这篇文章的读者群弄混淆了!
我家参加Party的一众女人都说希望自己活到七十多岁的时候,有这位美国老太太的风采!
女人,请爱你自己!如果你不爱,我也没办法,那就请自便吧!
中国年快乐!
I managed to translate two paragraphs from 海云's original article to English.I know it is not perfect but it reflects the original message.
“首先,中年女人应该懂得着装打扮!再不是年华二八,怎么样都好看水灵,素面朝天,你,已没有那个资格了!稍微打扮一下吧?免得让你的男同窗惊叹,女同窗窃喜!”
"First, middle-aged woman should know how to dress up and makeup. When you are 16, you can look beautiful without makeup and dress-up. Now, you are no longer qualified! Please dress up and do some make up, so that your male classmates won’t be surprised (about your aging) and your female classmates won’t secretly feel happy (because you look older than her.)."
“都生活在国外,像样点儿的衣服并不算太贵,又都是专业人士,找一件能够藏得住腰间的赘肉,稍微体现一下还是职业女性的风貌不为过吧,对得起别人更对得起自己! 看到水桶腰身的大妈穿着主妇进厨房的衣服大庭广众之下大声吆喝着孩子吃喝拉撒,我真的要晕倒!”
"We are all living in overseas; it is not too expensive to buy some decent clothes. We are all professionals, to find clothes to hide your fat waist and to show that you are a professional female, am I asking for too much? When I see women having fat waist and dressing kitchen clothes in public and talking loudly to their kids in public, I really want to faint!"
If you still don't feel that the message is lack of sensitivity, please use the above comments to your co-workers. If you go to chuch every Sunday, say it to your sisters. However, before you do so, please make sure you have enough money to counter law suits.
Please don't reply before you do this expeiemnt with your American co-workers :-)
每天打扮的漂漂亮亮地去上班是一大乐趣。
http://bbs.bingchengwang.com/thread-1042366-1-1.html
人再美,心态不健康,又有何用?
衣服该干洗就干洗, 有售Dry Clean Kit, 利用自家烘干机, 比总送干洗店省钱些。
××是否有同感: 樟脑丸的气味很难闻, 也不入乡随俗。
没看出楼主的优越感啊, 是你太敏感了吧! 楼主也没有DEMAND什么, 无非是提醒大家要活的美丽, 有些品位而已. 那"水桶腰身的大妈穿着主妇进厨房的衣服大庭广众之下大声吆喝着孩子吃喝拉撒"的也不一定就是指HOUSEWIFE吧? 也有可能是职业妇女吧? 楼主讲的是一中现象. 不知你SUPERIOR/INFERIOR, EMPATHY 等等的感慨从何而来? 感觉和本文讲的不太沾边啊.
America is a melting pot, make-up or not, it is a personal choice. It has nothing to do with you and you have no right to demand others to have make up.
Conversation topic is also a personal choice. If you and your friend feel comfortable talking about family and kids, it only means you belong to that group. If you don't like it, just walk away and join another group where you feel comfortable about.
Having makeups and dressing nicely are not going to make you superior than others. Wearing baggy clothes and taking care of youngsters do not mean you are inferior as well.
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By the way, I am a professional who happened to have a few years experience as a house wife. I have empathy to both groups and have no prejudice against any.
Respect, empathy, and compassion.
有这么一对夫妻:男的位高权重又是万人迷的帅哥,女的相貌普通而又不施粉黛不戴珠宝.可是没有人说她是黄脸婆,更有成千上万的人热爱她,亲切地叫她"酷酷嫂".
我欣赏这位不同凡响的女性!
当然如果有女人要在佛前花枝招展,也不会有人拦住的。
化不化妆其实是个人的选择,个人的权利。
不是每个女人都喜欢美貌惊人。
if a woman has even skin tone and has no age spots, she can go by without any makeup. But once a woman has dark age spots or liver spots, she should use make up to improve the looks.
so age is not a determine fact but relatively speaking, more women develop age spots when they get older. so yes, midage women should use more make ups
外表是内在的反映啊
有些人崇尚活得自在轻松实际是为自己的邋遢懒散强词夺理。严谨而一丝不苟是对自己的最大尊重。