Lady Like… (Original Date 4-16-13)

Idk why, but lately, the lack of "lady-likeness" in women/girls/females is really irking me. I don't know if it's because of all the reality shows (which is not real, for those of you who don't know), or lack of parenting, or what. However, I'M OVER IT!!! Like seriously, women (and some men) fought so hard for our rights and I'm sure the women who came before us are freaking out in their caskets right now because of this "shiggity" (yes I made that up) that is going on with women today. I know some of y'all are like "Why does she even care that much?" well because I hope to have a daughter one day, and it's going to be REALLY hard for her to fit in if she's almost the only one at school who 1. Values her virginity 2. Knows her worth as not only a woman, but a human being 3. Talks about other things going on in the world other than the latest episode of Basketball Wives and 4. Doesn't start a fight every time she hears somethings about her, that she knows isn't true ANYWAY!

At this point, I feel like we need to do a recall on some of the women of our generation because somewhere, something went wrong. A woman should have a level of class, grace, and be nurturing in some way. I don't think we should go back to being housewives or anythings like that, but I think that women living in today's world should really adopt some of the practices of women in the past. Women used to have confrontations, but I'm almost positive it had to be a little deeper than "he say, she say" in order for them to commence to pulling one another's hair out. What happened to the time that women were dressed so nice, nobody could ever be that deep to mess up a fly outfit and a bomb.com hair style?

In honor of this post I've come up with some options to help this CLASSLESS society of women:

1. Stop acting out what you see on TV, especially "reality TV" (which stated above, isn't real anyway).

2. Stop dressing like SKANKS!!! Marilyn Monroe was, and probably still is, one of the most idolized women in history. Her style of dress may have been enough to entice, but she definitely didn't just let it all hang out.

"Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman, but loose enough to show you're a lady." - Marilyn Monroe (I think that about sums it up)

3. Be you! Have self-esteem and self-worth. You can't be anyone else, so why even try to imitate? That's like slapping God in the face for making you unique! At the end of the day, we all have flaws, but that's what makes us so great and so different.

I could go on, but I'm sure you guys get the point. I'm sure this post won't change lives or even the tragedy of the lost art of being a lady. However, for those of you who do read, I just needed to vent real quick!

Always with love,
Gabs