i get my britches down in georgia*

[lunabee34]

1. Got an email last night that Emma's laptop has been repaired and is on its journey back to us. Wow at the speed and hooray!

2. Took Emma for the first of several getting ready for college shopping trips and we found clothes that she liked and which fit her. Hooray! Poor bb. Aesthetically she is into men's clothes, but she's got the tits and the hips her mama gave her, so shopping is generally frustrating to her.

3. I don't really have anything to say, but I want to talk to you guys. :) <3 So ask me a question or two! Anything goes. I do love to hear myself talk. *g*



*my current favorite mondegreen

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Aesthetically she is into men's clothes, but she's got the tits and the hips her mama gave her, so shopping is generally frustrating to her.

Commended to her attention:

https://www.genderfreeworld.com/

All their shirts are made in 3 or 4 different cuts for different body shapes (including shapes with large breasts). Relatively expensive but SO WORTH IT. Some of my most-complimented garments come from there.

Also, gender-neutral (and extremely comfy) boxer shorts.

[lunabee34]

Oh bless you!

Hooray hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to show her this.

Thank you so much. I think I know what somebody is getting for Christmas. :)

[princessofgeeks]

askamanager had a column on this same topic recently with lots of website suggestions.

[lunabee34]

Oooooh, nice.

*goes to see*

[princessofgeeks]

One suggestion I have seen is to buy her men's shirts that approximately fit her through the shoulders and are large enough for her bust, then get them tailored to fit her waistline. Apparently that is not very expensive if you find a local alterations shop.

[lunabee34]

I will keep my eye out for a local alterations shop.

[rydra_wong]

Delighted I could share! Shirts that fit really well, SO AMAZING.

[torachan]

I was going to say there are quite a few online shops like this nowdays! It obviously tends to be more on the pricier side, but definitely would be good for holiday/birthday presents or something for her to save up for.

Here's another one I found just by googling: https://kirrinfinch.com/

This might also have some options: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/fashion-trends/g30538059/androgynous-clothing-brands/

[lunabee34]

Thank you!!

*hugs*

I think there are probably also some physical stores/boutiques (also on the pricier side) that she might be able to go into in at Atlanta once she's there.

[spikedluv]

That WAS quick! I'm glad you're getting it back so soon and don't have to worry about Emma going to college without it.

That sucks for Emma, but your comment about tits and hips made me chuckle.

I have a tough one, since this post is about Emma. How far away from home is Emma going to college, and what have you done to prepare for a slightly emptier nest?

[lunabee34]

I cannot believe how quickly it all moved. I am so relieved.

Emma's college is only about 2.5-3 hours away depending on traffic so not far at all.

I haven't really done anything to prepare except know it's coming. LOL

We've been making lists and buying stuff and opening her a bank account and getting her first debit card and all that kind of stuff.

I don't know that I can do anything to prepare except live through it.

Fiona's excited because she gets to move into Emma's much larger room with a bathroom. LOL

[spikedluv]

My college was 3 hours away from home, too. The first year I came home every other weekend. Partly because I missed home, but mostly because I had a new boyfriend I left back there. Also, to do laundry, lol!

Things like Skype will make the distance seem more bearable. Maybe plan some things to keep you busy and distracted so time flies until the first holiday or weekend she comes home for a visit.

Yay for Fiona, lol! I'm going to miss you, sis, get out of my new room!!! *g*

[lunabee34]

Emma is not going to have a car. We asked her a couple of years ago if she wanted one, and she said no. Also driving in Atlanta is a nightmare, and it would cost something like four hundred dollars a semester for parking if she did bring one. So her coming home will be a matter of going and getting her.

But we can totally video call which is really nice.

Fiona is very much looking forward to moving into that room. LOL

[executrix]

Admittedly I was in college during the Cretaceous, but there was always a ride board (which I'm pretty sure is now online) where someone driving home to see his girlfriend or homesick or has to go to her hometown dentist or whatever arranges to pick up a fellow student and drive them reasonably near their destination in exchange for gas money.

[lunabee34]

*nods nods*

I'm pretty sure that's still going on. Josh also loves to eat at the authentic Chinese restaurants in ATL, so it will be no hardship for him to pick her up and have father-daughter restaurant time. LOL

[princessofgeeks]

I am rushing to drive in to work today for meetings, but am looking forward to talking to you later today!!!!

ALL THE HUGS

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

It was good to talk to you.

[aphrodite_mine]

Hi! *hugs*

What is Fiona into lately?

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

Fiona and Emma just finished watching the Netflix Series of Unfortunate Events with Neil Patrick Harris.

She and I are reading the book that the Escape to the Chateau family published last year about their first year in the house.

She loves these books about dogs that are trained to rescue people, and she's started reading the Goosebumps books.

[executrix]

There are AMAB persons who do not have triangle torsos and teeny waists! Consider Big & Tall Men's shops for people who, like the Bishop in one of Trollope's novels, have "a deep chest." (He wanted to write "fat stomach" but the publisher insisted.)

For that matter, an awful lot of people of all genders just buy everything in XXL and let it drape.

[lunabee34]

I read that! Sometimes Victorian propriety is just utterly ridiculous (be right back; I just got turned on by the legs of my couch; gotta get a dust ruffle on that).

I think she's going to do some of that, wearing a button down unbuttoned over a tank top or t-shirt.

Chad or Skyler?

[executrix]

A lot of WASP-y or preppy stores and mail order houses sell a lot of androgynous clothes anyway--the person ordering the khaki bermudas, striped button-down, cricket or fisherman's sweater, cords, boat shoes, jeans, faded red chinos, or yellow rain slicker might be either Chad or Skyler.

An androgynous outfit could be made more masculine-looking with accessories, like cordovan brogues instead of running shoes and a tie or bow tie and a pork pie hat.

Re: Chad or Skyler?

[lunabee34]

This is very true. I feel like Land's End or something like that would good for that, and their clothes last forever.

[minoanmiss]

How did you choose Emma's name?

Also, did I ever tell you about nuts.com as an inexpensive source of gluten free foods?

[lunabee34]

It wasn't really an homage to Austen but I've always liked the name and as English professors the association doesn't hurt. LOL

What is absolutely aggravating is that we'd already decided to name her Emma and then Rachel decided to name her baby Emma on Friends 6 months before Emma was born so for a long time everyone assumed that's where we got the name. That association has died down now thankfully.

Yes, you did! I will have to try them out when we start getting paid again in the fall.

[corvidology]

Emma has my sympathies. It's irritating to have an aesthetic that you can't make work easily for you.

... What would you say is your clothing aesthetic?

[lunabee34]

Aww, thank you!

I don't really have one which aggravates me.

When I was younger I didn't have a strong sense of style. And then I gained weight and my aesthetic was whatever I can find that will fit me.

Now I am drawn most strongly to classic styles: A line dresses, solid colors with some black and white polka dots thrown in. My color palette is mostly black and grey with some blue and purple and a few other random colors thrown in.

I love all kinds of aesthetics on other people but can't seem to make them work on myself.

Right now, I am wishing I could just wear pjs and no bra everywhere. LOL

[corvidology]

When I was younger I had a strong sense of, well, what I wanted to wear which didn't always make sense to others.

Now my colour palette looks a lot like yours but with some abstract pattern shirts thrown in. My usual uniform is jeans/linen trousers depending on the time of year with a button up shirt and shoes and jewellery that amuse me.

I do wear pjs/sweats and no bra most of the time right now but next week I'll start working on site again. :D

[lunabee34]

Well, when I was a teen, I had a strong sense that I wanted to dress provocatively which mostly meant showing off lots of my tits and lots of leg. LOL As I have aged that urge has rather diminished, especially the leg part, although my cleavage is still pretty spectacular if I do say so myself.

[corvidology]

I was a punk theatre kid - provocative was never never the name of the game... unless it was a stage costume. :D

[lunabee34]

Theater wasn't an option at my rural high school. When I was a senior, they decided to put on a play, and I auditioned and got a part, but there was no theater class or club or culture of theater at the school.

[corvidology]

I was lucky in that my grammar school had an excellent theatre program and I also acted with local amateur groups. One of my undergraduate degrees is in drama so I remained a punk theatre kid for a long time. :D

[lyr]

Speaking of mondegreens, which ones do you personally do? I used to sing "there's a bathroom on the right" for so long. And I remain convinced that "da da da duh!" in "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" is "pterodactyl!"

[lunabee34]

Also a fan of the bathroom on the right.

I seriously just realized after twenty five years or whatever of singing "Last Dance with Mary Jane" that it's one more time to kill the fame, not the pain. That one was slightly embarrassing as Emma witnessed the epiphany. LOL

[lyr]

Oh shit, that's not "kill the pain"?! I really thought it was, too!

[lunabee34]

I know. Mind blown.

[china_shop]

Do you want to build a snowman? (Sorry, that's the only question I can think of right now.)

*hugs*

[lunabee34]

*hugs*

I do not.

But Fiona would be ecstatic to do so, especially if we had enough snow to truly build a snowman and not just the piddly, barely enough to cover the ground, maybe you can kinda make a mudball "snowman" that is typical for the rare occasions that we do get snow in this region. LOL

[sallymn]

I tend (especially now I've left work and don't need 'professional' wear) to get about in men's polo shirt a lot in summer, and jumpers from the local manswear place in winter. Comfort over all now...

[lunabee34]

I hear ya. Comfort is the word of the day.

[amejisuto]

I'm glad Emma is getting back her computer, and that you got her shopping done. Hopefully, she'll continue to find clothes she likes, despite her tits! LOL.

Just curious, what's the longest fanfic you've ever read?

[lunabee34]

Can you believe the computer actually arrived back just a couple of hours after I made this post? LOL

I'm not sure what the longest fanfic I ever read was. It's probably some HP monstrosity LOL. Or possibly ages ago there was this Xander-centric Buffy crossover story that was just interminable. I don't even remember where it was archived now, and I suspect that I wouldn't like it if I tried to read it at this point, but I read it in my first year of fandom when my tastes were a bit less discriminating, and it was really really really long. So maybe that one.

[amejisuto]

There used to be this honking big HP fic called The Brave New World I loved, it was like over a million words. I managed to read it two or three times before it was taken down. LOL!

But yeah, I hear ya on not being all that discriminating when first starting out in fanfiction. I'm ashamed of some of the stuff I read and liked.

[lunabee34]

Don't be ashamed! Tastes change, and that's not anything to be ashamed of. There's so much unhappiness in the world; I'm not going to be ashamed of once getting some happiness out of reading a story that I now thing is badly written, you know? LOL

*hugs and hugs*

[amejisuto]

Eh, it's just that I like to go back and reread stories. I hate it when I go back to one I liked and figure out it's awful. LOL.