Perception of Perfection???

[EthansMom]

Sorry, I'm too busy taking my kids to the store when they're cranky and them yelling at them in public to be perfect. Oops, wrong thread!

 

[RitaZ.]

Besides, we all know (or SHOULD know) that Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder!!!

We all know that's something that ugly people say.

 

[Planogirl]

You know something? Most DISers may not be perfect but many of them are quite funny.

Seriously, I know what you're talking about though. It's not just celebrities either but it sometimes feels like no DISer's kids EVER eat fast food or watch TV or play video games or really do anything besides study, eat tofu salads and watch the Disney Channel. There's also the kids that excel in every sport with parents who look like the kids' siblings not to mention the adult children who still do everything they're told while being on the Dean's List and working part-time as rocket scientists.

OK, a few slight exagerations there but you know what I mean.

ChrisnSteph, you do look young!!! I'm glad that you posted your picture because you and a few others do fit the "I look younger than my age" thing. Frankly, most of the posters I saw didn't (and there's nothing wrong with that!) but a few did.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I posted on both threads that the OP mentioned - I don't think I am perfect - far from it! My intention wasn't to brag that I look as young as my dd, just stated that I look young for my age - which WAS the topic - and posted a pic. Sorry if anyone felt that I was getting on the "perfection" pedestel. Sure, there are always the "I would never..." posts and "I can't believe you would..." posts on a daily basis. Depending on who they're coming from, they could get pretty irritating! But if we all agreed and had the same opinions about everything in life, this board would be a pretty boring place!

I've seen pictures of you and if anyone looks young for her age (however old you are) it would be you. And you know what, I'm a big joker on the DIS, but if ever there is someone who deserves your young, beautiful looks it's you!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Hey, I saw you post that you were a bag lady, just yesterday. At least you're honest!

A bag lady with an internet connection! You're the perfect bag lady! I bet the other ones hate you.

Yep, I take bag ladying to a new high!

 

[luvflorida]

Okay, I'm going to do this for you people so you will no longer think of me as Patty Perfect Poster. You will never associate the name "Luvflorida" with the word "perfect" ever again.

One time after dinner, my husband asked if we had any dessert and I said no. He said he could have sworn there was some cake on the counter before dinner. Well, there was, but I was hungry while I was making dinner, and I kept eyeing that piece of cake, and finally I just couldn't stand it any longer. I took it upstairs and ate it in the bathroom. Then I put the empty plate in the linen closet until the coast was clear and I could safely return the plate to the kitchen.

There, that was a huge weight off my shoulders. Now I don't have to worry about everyone believing I'm perfect.

Like anyone ever thought that!

 

[Sleeping~Beauty]

I like non-perfect stories.

I learned that hair singes when it is on fire. I know because I leaned over a candle to blow it out, and lit mine on fire.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Okay, I'm going to do this for you people so you will no longer think of me as Patty Perfect Poster. You will never associate the name "Luvflorida" with the word "perfect" ever again.

One time after dinner, my husband asked if we had any dessert and I said no. He said he could have sworn there was some cake on the counter before dinner. Well, there was, but I was hungry while I was making dinner, and I kept eyeing that piece of cake, and finally I just couldn't stand it any longer. I took it upstairs and ate it in the bathroom. Then I put the empty plate in the linen closet until the coast was clear and I could safely return the plate to the kitchen.

There, that was a huge weight off my shoulders. Now I don't have to worry about everyone believing I'm perfect.

Like anyone ever thought that!

I guess I'm getting to know you because that story so does NOT surprise me about you!!!

I've been know to do things like that with cookies. I'll hide them from my family so I can have them. As a matter of fact just yesterday I hid the last peanut butter cookie from my DH. I did give my son 2 of the cookies in his lunch, but kept the last one for myself.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

I've seen pictures of you and if anyone looks young for her age (however old you are) it would be you. And you know what, I'm a big joker on the DIS, but if ever there is someone who deserves your young, beautiful looks it's you!

OMG! Thank you.......! Seriously, I feel much, MUCH older sometimes!

 

[ChrisnSteph]

Since we're posting non-perfect stories, here's one. I'm a fireman's wife, and I've literally almost burned the house down twice. Day after Christmas I thought it would be a good idea to burn some of the used wrapping paper. I wadded up a bunch of wrapping paper and stuck it in the fireplace, where it quickly expanded - not good. We had to repaint and refinish the mantel! Another time I heated something up in the microwave and didn't realize there was a towel in there. Five minutes later my micro is on fire. Really not good. My dh still gets ticked at me when he thinks about it! I'm a real airhead sometimes!

 

[bigmerle1966]

Since we're posting non-perfect stories, here's one. I'm a fireman's wife, and I've literally almost burned the house down twice. Day after Christmas I thought it was a good idea to burn some of the used wrapping paper. I wadded up a bunch of wrapping paper and stuck it in the fireplace, where it quickly expanded - not good. We had to repaint and refinish the mantel! Another time I heated something up in the microwave and didn't realize there was a towel in there. Five minutes later my micro is on fire. Really not good. My dh still gets ticked at me when he thinks about it! I'm a real airhead sometimes!

OMG

 

[Stacerita]

I just think to myself- "Guess that poster is out of Preparation H and their Hemmorhoids are hurting."

BTW - I like to think Im perfect, but thats usually before I realize I tucked the potty protector into the back of my pants.

 

[bigmerle1966]

BTW - I like to think Im perfect, but thats usually before I realize I tucked the potty protector into the back of my pants.

I'm not gonna even ask.

 

[tevagirl]

I thought I was perfect once but than I had to go to Walgreens...

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I thought I was perfect once but than I had to go to Walgreens...

I think that was the day I went to Wal-Mart

 

[NMAmy]

Ok, here's the way I see it. People post on numerous threads--and someone that you may not recognize may post about one perfect part of their life on one thread and then admit to a flaw on another one.

I'm honest on here because I have one DIS'er who lives near me and that I've met--and hope to see again soon but she's going through a rough time. I also have another good friend with whom I share pictures and more personal info. So I'm not going to lie about my looks or personal life because I'm sure they'd call me on it! Plus I'd love to meet more DIS'ers as time goes by.

So, while on the Do You Look Your Age thread, I posted that I look young for my age. And on the Do You Forget to Eat Thread I admitted that I do and I'm naturally thin and I'm not anorexic. Am I bragging? No, that's just two parts of my life where I lucked out. I used to post about problems I was having with dd, looking for support, but after getting flamed by people who had only read the first line of my first post, I stopped because it was too personal and too hurtful. But I will admit to eating chocolate cake for breakfast, and to having a treadmill that gathers dust, or doing something dippy from time to time, or that I'm a procrastinator and if I hadn't gotten pregnant with dd, I don't know when I'd have had a child, or that I let dd have a cell phone at age 11. All on different threads. There's a lot more to people than individual posts. And unless you take them as a whole--with perfect parts to their life as well as not so perfect ones, you're not getting the whole picture.

Now, of course, I'm not including the Perfect Parents in this--they just annoy me. Oh, and I do brag about my perfect DH--but that's mostly just to irritate Mal.

 

[nliedel]

Not perfect, the kids can be monsters and I am pretty darn open aboutit. Overall however I have learned that fixing the lives of others is darn easy and solutions are very clear cut but for some reason, I do not understand, seeing all the options with my family and my life are harder! WAHH!

Right now I want to know how to get a pee smelling oceolot out of my two year olds arms and into the wash. My husband just wrapped it up in a sheet and thoguht he snuck it out of Hernie-Roo's room but the kid just ran into the family room nekkid from the waist down with "Occie" in tow.

Life sure ain't perfect around here.

 

[froglady]

I think it also has to do with personalities, and just plain luck.

Quite frankly, my life is so much better than I thought it would be, especially having come from a poor household with a bunch of brothers who were always getting into trouble. No child should have to see her mother crying because she doesn't have any food to feed her children, or she's afraid her son will go to jail, or she doesn't know if there'll be enough money to keep a roof over our heads.

None of this has happened in my adult life, and I've been able to help my parents live a financially secure life. Having minor irritations with DH & my children don't compare. Compared to my brothers and myself at the same age they ARE perfect. The same with comparing DH to my father, and yes, even myself with my mother. It's hard to be a "perfect" parent when your world is anything but.

Nothing tragic has happened in my life....yet. I've suffered the loss of loved ones, etc but that's part of everyone's life. I know that my life can go from good to bad in an instant, but I don't dwell on it. I prepare to weather the storm as best I can, and hope for the best.

Money can't buy happiness, but in my experience, it makes the bad times easier to bear.

 

[dcentity2000]

Off topic I know, but I love airsoft and have a great many guns. The sport is hard work but quite beneficial - you try lugging a heavy rifle around and aiming with it for a full day!



Rich::

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Since we're posting non-perfect stories, here's one. I'm a fireman's wife, and I've literally almost burned the house down twice. Day after Christmas I thought it would be a good idea to burn some of the used wrapping paper. I wadded up a bunch of wrapping paper and stuck it in the fireplace, where it quickly expanded - not good. We had to repaint and refinish the mantel! Another time I heated something up in the microwave and didn't realize there was a towel in there. Five minutes later my micro is on fire. Really not good. My dh still gets ticked at me when he thinks about it! I'm a real airhead sometimes!

Me too! I've had two different fire departments come to two different houses, because I've set two different ovens on fire!

Then I met my DH. You'd think I was deliberately trying to attract a firefighter!