(sigh)
During a chat with a very good friend recently, it was pointed out to me that my likes and dislikes don't coincide with "mainstream America's." Hmmm. You know what this means, right?
I can't abide country music; don't understand the joy of watching grown men drive around an oval in NASCAR race cars; don't see the fun in line dancing; think tattoos are ridiculous; think body piercings are insane; am taken aback by men wearing necklaces; can't grasp the thrill of motorcycles; have no patience for screaming kids in restaurants; am terrified at the thought of Hillary as President (even if she IS a woman!).
What does this MAKE me? A Mozart listener; a college hoops fan; someone who still likes to slow dance; someone probably hung up on the old stigma of drunken sailors getting tattooed; not "with it" enough to see the fashion statement in stainless steel jammed into tongues, nipples, etc.; old-fashioned enough to think it's sissy for guys to wear jewelry other than simple rings (and only one at a time!); too old to remember how difficult it is to manage children in public places; a Republican through and through!
If you don't mind, I'll stay on the periphery of "Mainstream America." (And it's probably where you WANT me anyway! LOL)
(sigh)
1 comment:
Its only age showing. Being mainstream used to be so much simpler, i.e. weejuns, etc. One of the advantanges of being in our dotage is being able to choose how mainstream we want to be, and, like you, I prefer to be who I really am, not who someone else thinks I should be.
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