June 10, 2013
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TMI alert
I know as a good Christian lady I shouldn't say this but I'm just gonna...
'cause hey, Xanga is shutting down anyway... and I know there will be people who can relate... probably mostly women who have raised children...
so here it is... there has just got to be some good things about living alone, and hey, I do always try to look for the positives... this is one of them... being able to go around the house naked when you feel like it.... like naked from the shower on a hot evening... wonderful... and throwing off nightclothes and sleeping naked, even with the bedroom door open, when it gets too warm ... it spells FREEDOM. So this is my freedom post, and if you all desert me now I will forgive you since Xanga is going to deny me you anyhow when they shut down.
(apologies if I offended anyones senses, I've just had a shower, it's hot, and I feel good. I am clothed now though. That should erase any mental pictures.
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Comments (11)
It's wonderful for a mom to feel freedom.
I was realizing the other day how much I'd have to censor if I had kids.
Uh oh!
I never do that because I have people living with me and popping in my door without knocking all the time too. I don't think I've ever done that. It's good to be ourselves though. It would be boring if we weren't.
i can totally relate! we live in the woods with very few neighbors, so after the kids all were moved out i even went outside that way just to see how it felt. it felt pretty good--hahaha. but seriously, you are right, it is a perk!--karen
I totally agree. I love the feeling of the wind on my skin after a shower. It's a good thing we have lots of trees around our deck.
You totally made me laugh. I had just posted something along the same lines on my fb.
"That moment I recognize my inner maternal evil when I am tempted to put barbed-wire around our empty nest."
And then I commented to explain,
"Just to clarify, my children are lovely! It is my selfish desire to walk around in my underwear and a t-shirt."
Yes, Lynn, many of us understand your definition of freedom!
@WildWomanOfTheWest - lol - and people think that mother's can't handle 'empty nest'. We're ready, we only just want our children to continue to do well as they move on. Do you know how the eagle teaches her young to fly? She allows them to leave the nest, then flies down to catch them and bear them back to the nest, until they finally fly well enough on their own. Mothers just want to remain close enough to keep their young from crashing... it's not that they can't bear to let them go... they want to see them fly.
If the young are smart, they know it's for their own good.
Your statement;
"That moment I recognize my inner maternal evil when I am tempted to put barbed-wire around our empty nest."
I know just what you mean, though it makes us sound like we were maybe terrible mothers, who didn't enjoy their work. That's not it at all. We may have loved every minute of it (well most of the minutes anyway... let's be fair and honest there were moments) but...
Who doesn't look forward to retirement after 20 years of labor at a job which can be exhausting? We kind of still want to keep a hand in but not be full time anymore.
It made me so made when I knew my daughter was choosing a path to hell.... hell on earth... and people made me feel like I was just a mother who couldn't deal with 'empty nest'.
Glad I gave you a laugh. I like to do that.
@mcbery - You'd be amazed at how good the freedom feels, if you ever get the chance.
@lifeontheWink - Garden of Eden style? I don't know if I could be quite that daring, although there are many times when I've wished I could remove my clothes whiles sitting on my porch, to feel the sun on my whole body. I'd have to know that I lived very private to do it though... or lose my marbles.
Hope that never happens. lol
You go, Girl! I can relate! I remember when my youngest moved out to college and I became an official empty-nester...I said to all my kids..."When you come home, don't just walk in the front or back door like you're used to doing...you'll wanna' knock...if you don't knock you're gonna' see things you don't want to see."
The expressions on their faces were priceless!
HUGS!!!
LOL!!!!! It hasn't gotten THAT hot up here yet. I think we're in for a cool, wet summer.
@MadraysGarden - It's supposed to get up to 90 here tomorrow. I guess the A/C will have to go on.
For now it's been nice with the windows open and the fans going.