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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 9:03 am
I have noticed that stockings seem to have gone by the wayside. I still wear them with dresses, but that is only because I am old and have never learned how to go barefooted without having the shoes tear my feet up. And I do not live in a hot place or visit hot places in hot season if I can help it.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 9:12 am
It depends on where you're from. On the east coast things are a lil more formal. What time of day is the wedding? If after 5 then I'd say wear stockings but if you're wearing open toed shoes then go bare.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 9:14 am
I gave up nylons when I got pregnant
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 10:24 am
I live in Ontario, and I wouldn't necessarily bother with pantyhose... can't remember the last time I wore them.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 10:25 am
They make open toed pantyhose now too.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 11:17 am
I still wear pantyhose to church and to functions when I wear dresses and pumps.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 12:05 pm
I havn't seen anyone wearing pantyhose is years except for the most formal occasisions, like a charity ball, where is this wedding?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 12:26 pm
I still wear stockings with dresses but not pantyhose. I wear thigh highs.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 12:41 pm
It's a very formal, very large Italian wedding with 400+ guests. We are doing the reception (dinner) but not the church ceremony (noonish). I am skipping the nylons, will be dozens of younger women and teens who won't be wearing them and with that many people you just know the A/C won't be ideal. LOL My dress goes just below the knees and I have fairly tanned skin so I am not going to stand out even if I was the only one. Thanks for the input... if everyone had chimed in that nylons were still a must then I would have grumbled but worn them but just one or two nays is enough for me. LOL
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 12:58 pm
Rissa, for me, the rest of the world could disapprove but I will not wear nylons, lol.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 1:19 pm
Black fishnet thigh highs are very sexy. Just fyi lol.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 1:23 pm
ok, maybe the black fishnet thigh highs but only if they can make me sexy, lol!
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 7:04 pm
LOL Mojo! but maybe not appropiate for a wedding, honeymoon yes, wedding no. LOL
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 12:53 pm
ANYONE out there have a .mac account? (Actually now it is mobileme) If so, are you able to access your email account? TIA!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 10:33 pm
Bloody noses....when should I worry? My kids don't get them, but Kota's bff (and her brother) do and so does my oldest niece. Just put the kids in bed and Dakota came running out telling me her friend had a bloody nose. I can't handle blood (give me vomit any day) so I woke Darren up and he helped her and cleaned up the bathroom. It's not gushing (ok, probably wasn't gushing, but to me it just looked terrible...she didn't seem at all worried or scared about it) anymore it's still a little bloody. She's sitting in bed with a wet washcloth waiting for the little bit to stop. Even though I've had both her brother and my niece here while they've had bloody noses, I'm not sure at what point I should worry. It looks like a lot of blood to me (again, I'm a big baby with blood) but she said it happens all the time. Offered to call her dad and she said nah, no big deal.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 11:26 pm
If it happens often I'm sure the kid's mother has asked the doctor about it, so if the kid says its no big deal that's probably what the doctor said. Otherwise, I'm sure her mother would have mentioned nose bleeds. I know most kids grow out of them.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 11:50 pm
Dad, not mom. When her brother had his first one here, dad was already on his way to get them (had nothing to do with the nose bleed, just time for them to go home.) I told him about it and he said, yeah he has them sometimes when it's hot, sorry, common enough I didn't think to mention it. Since then the brothers had several more, each time I make sure to mention it to dad or step mom and they're pretty nonchalant about it. First time I've ever seen her have one, but she said she does sometimes. These two come over often enough I know about certain medical things like he has asthma but has it under great control and that she had surgery on her hip when she was younger and sometimes if she plays too hard or falls it'll hurt and if it does, give her a warm washcloth to put on it and if that doesn't work some childrens tylenol. No mention of bloody noses til they happened though. i'm sure for them ifs probably no real big deal, but for me, I have such a problem with blood it totally freaks me out. It makes me ill, queasy, faint, but besides that, it's just not right, blood belongs inside the body not outside of it!
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 1:05 am
As a kid, I had MANY. Trips to the emergency room the doc would put ice in new rubber glove then put over the bridge of my nose (between 2 fingers) so it could slow the bleeding. Sandwich bag works the same as long as you're getting ice on both sides. Probably is faster & better than "a wet washcloth". With changes in humidity & weather, it's not surprising that the membranes in the little noses aren't 'happy campers'.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 1:16 am
Oh, by the time she got the washcloth it was already stopping. Through most of it she stood over the bathroom sink with some, a lot, of tissue. I'll remember the ice for next time. I have never dealt with bloody noses. Had one once when I was pregnant with Caleb and that was it. Darren never had them either. At work, I had one resident who got one, walked into the room and saw him and almost passed out. They sent me right out, lol, and him to er to caterize it. First time I ever really had to deal with one was my niece and I sent Darren to take care of her while I called my sis freaking out cuz it was just pouring out of her little nose. I've always kept my first aid up to date but the part on bloody noses never sinks in. Are you supposed to put your head back, forward, pinch your nose, just let it go? Luckily everytime it's come up so far, Darren's been home to deal with it.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 6:13 am
Wargod, I have told this story before. When my eldest dd was about 10 mnths old I walked into her room one morning and just froze in the doorway. Her crib was covered in blood, there were bloody handprints on the wall, there was blood that had dripped onto the floor. I just KNEW someone had come in during the night and killed my baby and it took what felt like forever until I could make my feet move. It was the first of many nosebleeds that she still has (age 19). At first they told me she should outgrow it and to keep tight control on her allergies. She has had the veins cauterized three times now... works for a few weeks then it starts again. Bleeds so bad that it is a steady stream, not even a drip, drip. She has a deviated septum which they are saying isn't helping so she is having that fixed next month and they are going to tie off the offending vein surgically while they are at it. You ask when to worry? We take it pretty much in stride now but ongoing concerns include iron levels (esp with a girl) and just the general inconvenience and pain-in-the-a$$ factor. If they don't stop in a reasonable time then a trip to the local walk-in wouldn't hurt. My dd has had an average of 5 bleeds a week (really 2 a week but always a day where they keep reoccurring on and off) since that first year. Never going more than two weeks without one. PS Doc told us that pinching the nose then leaning FORWARD was the way to go, and then just sit still and dont keep fussing with it for 5-10 minutes. When you lean back, the blood goes down your throat.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 7:06 am
Wargod, they were a fact of life during my childhood. They would start out of the blue for no reason. It would wake me up in the middle of the night when I'd feel it start. I'd pinch my nose and run for the bathroom. Never got a drop of blood on my pillow which was a miracle. Sometimes in the middle of class at school. I couldn't do much in gymnastics P.E. class in high school because some necessary movements (e.g., tumbling) would start it. Sometimes there wasn't much blood, but sometimes there was kind of. I think I remember if I put my head back far enough, a blood clot would go into my throat and I could spit it out. Then it would stop before long. I figure Mom must have taken said something to a doctor at sometime, but don't recall anything ever being done about it. In any case, when I was 17 I was in a car accident (April 2, 1964). Broke my nose. It was packed for a number of days. Never had another nose bleed. If that hadn't happened, wonder if it would still be a problem today?
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 7:31 am
Nosebleeds were a fact of life for me too. Even now at age 50, the offending nostril needs special care/caution when blowing (the other nostril, I can blow to my heart's content and almost never get a bleeder). At least now I don't have them nearly as bad as I used to. But I still feel the rush of panic flow through me when I see even a little blood on my tissue. And if you come anywhere near my nose with anything resembling a punching device, be ready to get fought off with more than just a wave of the hand. I don't know how many times I had to fight folks who insisted I tilt my head back. BIG NO NO for such a chronic bleeder, unless you want to swallow a bunch of blood, then barf it up once your stomach has had its fill. I too had 3 or 4 trips to the ER as a kid, resulting in cauterizing that never worked. One bleeder lasted several hours, and I ended up passing out. Another trip to the ER where they packed the bugger in gauze. That was a nightmare I'll never revisit. The gauze dried to the offending vein and started right back up again the next day when we went to pull it out. Things that worked for me.....pinch the bridge of the nose, but not all the way. This helps slow the flow, but not back it up and redirect it on down the throat. Ice pack on the back of the neck. A small rolled up/wetted wad of tissue under the top lip. After the bleed stops. I had to take it real easy for the rest of the day, so as not to start it up again. Also, I would put a small amount of vaseline in the nostril to keep it moist, since it bleeds more when it dries out. In fact, during hot days like now, I tend to moisten the nostril before bedtime just as a preventative measure, since it really sucks to have a nosebleed wake you up in the middle of the night. As for when to worry? Probably when the kid who knows her nose starts to worry. Or, if it lasts into hours, and the kid passes out like I did. 
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Stray_cat
Member
06-21-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 10:25 am
I had nose bleeds as a child and my mom was a nurse and grandpa was a doctor and they were never concerned about it. Though there wasn't much blood and pinching the bridge of the nose usually worked. I eventually out grew it. But now blood also makes me squeamish!
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 10:33 am
you can get some saline gell that you can put up the nostrils that helps with the dryness of them. Called AYRgel or NASOGEL. war, in your climate of dryness i'm sure they get them all the time. i have for years. now that i take certain medications i need to go get 'em cauterized when they start.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 10:55 am
Yup Landileigh, the Nasogel works great. Another thing my daughter was told was that because there was constantly blood in there, that she should swab with a q-tip with polysporin several times a day for 7 days and repeat every few months.
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