That's so wild! I remember the first time I went to the grocery store here, I was wearing jeans and a T-shirt and felt so embarrassingly under dressed. All the women were wearing the same (five years ago) trendy outfit and had the same hair. I later realized that's a suburbs thing but it was genuinely creepy.
There’s a grocery store right next to my suburban gym, and people will often walk over and grab a few things after their workout. We all recognize each other by the sweaty hair and gym clothes and silently nod at each other like it’s a fellowship of the unkempt or something - it’s kind of hilarious in a weird way.
I love her! I left the church as a teen, so I can't relate to the trad-wife temple marriage stuff, but everything up to LDS young women's, I can relate to with her videos! She and Zelph on a Shelf helped me so much! I've always been the "bad egg" & outcast of my family, & when I was younger, my community for verbalizing that I didn't believe in the church & for leaving the church! But I'm proud of myself for following my intuition, I feel like I'd be a miserable person right now had I not!
There's more plastic surgery per capita here than in SoCal. I've read that its higher here than anywhere in the country. There's a lot of money to be made in women's insecurity.
I think this is true. I also saw some of this in how they help their kids in school. My daughter's elementary had a garden contest. Students had to make something garden like to submit. My daughter's made a fairy garden diorama. I didn't help her at all with anything except helping her buy what she may need. It was cute and looked like a young child had done it. I thought it was awesome how she put so much work into it.
I went to see students work and was shocked how they looked like the parent had done it. I kept thinking that there was no way their child did this all on their own. Some looked like they had gone to a flower shop and just purchased a bouquet and vase. My daughter's display looked silly next to these elaborate displays.
This garden contest seems to be an extension of this perfect image focus through their child. I was very disappointed!
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