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Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Someone told me recently, "Leave everyone you come in contact with feeling better about themselves. Put out positive energy and it will come back to you." I've been trying to live by that, but it's challenging!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
A number of years ago it wouldn't have even been close. Sadly, now guys are becoming more closely scrutinized for appearance and more obsessed with appearance as well. A weird form of equality I'd say. I wish it had gone in the other direction and women were less scrutinized for appearance.

Holly
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07-22-2001

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
True all that but none the less, that's just the way of the world, especially here in the USA. If women "let themselves go" (fat genes or not) then they take the heat. That's all there is to it. And especially if they're in the public eye. Look at the uproar about JLHewitt recently, in the bikini pic. This country does not respond well to flab and fat. So by all means, it sounds great to say "wear what you like, who cares" but in this society, that's just not realistic. It would be lovely if beauty WAS in the eye of the beholder but it's just not.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
The height vs weight charts for women say someone 5ft 3in (Jessica's height) should be between 115 and 150lb, depending on body frame type. What is Jessica likely to weigh? 130lb MAX, given the fact that the camera always makes people look worse and that was a really unflattering outfit. If anything she's probably healthier than she was when she was skinny, so I just don't get why people use "full figure" and "overweight" to describe her current body.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
I find that women are more into picking apart appearances in general than men are.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, by the way, I apologize if my comments were hurtful. You are right in that it seems to be going that way for men now and I shouldn't belittle it just because I think women have it worse.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
where what you want. if it makes you comfortable, then go for it.

i personally do not wear really tight clothes because i do not feel comfortable showing all my rolls. but i do wear somewhat tight clothing.

if she felt comfortable wearing that, good for her. i personally did not like the outfit, i could care less what she looked like because i still think she looked good. i think the outfit would be unflattering for most women; high jeans are just not butt flattering, imo. and i didn't like the belt.

jessica looked fine, it was the outfit that bothered me.

Brenda1966
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07-03-2002

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
I don't think anyone is telling her she can't wear that outfit. It's just that if you wear something that shows your flab hanging out, some people may find that unattractive. Sorry, but if Al Gore wore a wife beater to a rally and his arms were flapping and his gut was hanging out, people would say he looked horrible as well. His weight gets made fun of as does John Travolta's. My thought was never "that girl needs to lose weight" it was "that girl needs to learn how to dress!"

Spandex is not meant for the soft flabby bodies, it's meant for the athletic toned bodies, which is why I don't wear it. Just being honest here. I could dance around all PC about how it's the beauty inside that matters. bla, bla, bla. but as a celebrity, if you go out looking horrible, the gossip mags and the fans are going to say something about it. Angelina Jolie is a gorgeous woman, but I thought she looked hideous at the Golden Globes! That dress was so unflattering and her hair was the worst -- it looked like my mother's hair from the late 70's!

This is the gossip thread after all.

Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
And to take the air out of the mystic of blondes somehow being more eye catching than the other natural hair colors, guy merely fall victim to physics. Blond hair reflects more light than the other colors of hair. The more light reflected, the more noticed.

Sadly some guys equate what is more noticed to being more attractive. This is proven by the joke, "why do guys find blondes more attractive? Answer: Because they are easier to find in the dark"

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
I wanna be flabby like her ...

Jeep
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10-17-2001

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeep a private message Print Post    
I agree with Ladytex..........what did she do? go from a size 2 to a size 6? I'll take that any day.

Everyone takes a bad photo once in awhile, even if they're a size 2. You see it all the time in the tabloids. Give her a break.

LOL, Lance! I love your one liners!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That is a good one, Lance! Rather insulting to guys but I'll let you get away with
it.

Thank you Hermione. It's strange how it is happening with men. Twenty years ago or so most guys wouldn't have been caught dead shaving their body hair, using lotion, worrying about wrinkles, getting plastic surgery or excessively worrying about looking old. Now it is much more common.

Now in fairness to the other side of the coin, part of some people's success in the entertainment field is based on appearance so if their appearance changes, people are likely to comment.

It is weird though that American society idolizes slim people and yet the population as a whole is so heavy. Maybe there is a connection between the two.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Plus all those photgraphs were taken from below, yes, they make her look even larger.

I strive every day in hopes that someday I will be a size 6.

Holly
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07-22-2001

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 1:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
If we're wishing, hoping and wanna be'ing, then I want a body like Jen Aniston's. Long limbed and flab free. Might as well go for the gold.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 1:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
It is weird though that American society idolizes slim people and yet the population as a whole is so heavy. Maybe there is a connection between the two.

I think it makes many of us just give up and eat some Ben and Jerry's! LOL.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 1:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I don't think Men should be shaving their bodies, never really understood why that took off, that is for competitive swimmers, LOL.

Beckie03
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07-05-2007

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beckie03 a private message Print Post    
i disagree dipo. i hate lots of hair on men, except on the head. i hate chest hair. leg hair is fine...unless it is like robin williams. but anything on the torso, needs to be trimmed.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I lovvvve chest hair, LOL. Although I think robin williams doesn't really have hair, he is hair.

Holly
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07-22-2001

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
<It's strange how it is happening with men. Twenty years ago or so most guys wouldn't have been caught dead shaving their body hair, using lotion, worrying about wrinkles, getting plastic surgery or excessively worrying about looking old. Now it is much more common.>

Yup, and we're now hearing about anorexic men more often too. The "beauty standard" is definitely affecting both genders now. Many men are as concerned as women about their appearance these days and not afraid to admit it either.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 2:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
I don't think I'd care to sleep with a 'body-shaved' man. The five o'clock shadow must be a killer for the woman.

Holly
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07-22-2001

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 4:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
I just now heard Jamie Foxx on ET stating that maybe he and Jennifer Hudson will go on tour and "heal the world with our music." The dude was serious too. What, do we have a new saviour complex or something going on?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 4:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race. There are people dying if you care enough for the living...make a better place for you and for me.

I have a splinter, Help me Jaime Foxx.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Friday, January 30, 2009 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Goddessatlaw a private message Print Post    
Lance, your post made me laugh for real.

My dad always says grass doesn't grow on a playground. No hairy guys for me.

Sharinia
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09-07-2002

Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 12:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sharinia a private message Print Post    
For example, when was the last time you saw a sit-com with a fat wife and a hot husband? Now flip it and see how many you can name.

So true!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I'm sure people can name dozens but I'm trying to think of a sitcom with an overweight husband and a hot wife? Is that part of what supposedly makes the show funny?