I wear a girdle. I am the only person in my immediate family who wears girdles. However, my dear departed Mother wore girdles and growing up, I often borrowed her girdles. Since I take after her, that’s probably one reason why I wear girdles. (The other reason is to femininely shape my body.)
I have been throwing around the term “nancyboy” to describe a feminine/feminized male. But after receiving a comment from a reader concerning that term, I thought about it and realized it is incorrect. The correct term is “nancygirl.”
My reasoning is that “nancy-whatever” is supposed to be the opposite of “tomboy.” Since tomboy is combination of a male name (Tom) and the word “boy,” the opposite should be a combination of a female name (Nancy) and the word “girl” (not boy). (You would have to be nit-picker like me to worry about piddly stuff like this, but I am a nit-picker and so it goes.)
We feed the birds, squirrels, chipmunks and whatever wildlife shows up to eat the bird seed and peanuts I put out every morning. (Besides the usual suspects, we also had a deer and her two does, three raccoons, a groundhog and a bear.)
The leaves are starting to turn here and some have already fallen, but the wildlife continues to show-up to dine with one exception: the hummingbirds. Seems that they got out of Dodge early this week. I am saddened by their departure and the prospects of a long winter ahead.
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| Wearing Venus |
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| Femulating in Paris, circa 1960 |
It looks like Charlie is in character as a woman
ReplyDeleteLucy
If your going to make comments about would reom gridles and the like perhaps you should provide some more details on the subject as in what type you recommend ?
ReplyDeleteYour comment about feeding the animals reminded me of a UK classic by Blur: Parklife. I'm not sure how it translates across the Pond...
ReplyDeleteI once created a meme suggesting that cross dressing is the male side of being a Tom-Boy, but could never find a term to express it. I had never considered Nancy-Girl. Thank you for your wisdom and insight. (lol)
ReplyDeleteAlso, those Venus shorts are SO cute. You have once again sent me to Venus (not literally, of course) to buy a pair.
I had the same thought about those shorts! I already own (& love!) polka dot pantyhose, so I think I need to go to Venus to emulate that look:)
DeleteCiao! Elise
When I was young, I remember my mother telling my sisters that good girls always wear a girdle when leaving the house. I am the only girl of the three of us that still does wear one. I too wear a girdle to give myself more feminine lines. The first time I was caught by my mother was when I had to try on her Platex open bottom girdle. She caught me trying to sneak it back into her bedroom. I think I was around seven at the time. She reprimanded me for the possibility of damaging it. Not that boys don't wear girdles. Think she was just at a loss at how to respond.
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My first girdle was a panty girdle. Of course it was mom’s. I wore her nylons, slip, under a beautiful yellow chiffon dress that had a wonderfully full skirt. I was 12 and for an hour I was in heaven! I felt like girl and loved it.
DeleteAutumn in New England break out the foundation garments, tights, long skirts and sweaters off we go for a day of shopping in quaint boutiques having lunch with our girlfriends, a few classes of wine, a crackling fire in an old historic Inn, retiring to to an oversized feather bed! --Paula G
ReplyDeleteNancyGirl I like that! ---Paula G
ReplyDeleteHow times have changed. Only the French gurl in the middle looks convincingly feminine, whereas I suspect a similar group of today's gurls would look even more womanlike than most "real" women. We are obviously getting better at it.
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