She was never shy, but now, having given birth to two children in front of dozens of people she doesn’t know, it seem unnecessary to cover up. Strips in the family room, next to a pile of clean laundry. The kids and her husband are in the room, but who cares? Those kids came from her; it’s nothing her husband hasn’t seen before.
Across the room, she catches her husband’s eye. He’s grinning a la Cheshire Cat and raises his eyebrows suggestively.
“Oh stop it. This-” she gestures along her body with her hand, an otherwise alluring gesture were it not for her words, “isn’t attractive anymore.”
He doesn’t say a word, just continues to smile and stare. She reaches into the laundry basket, searching for a simple, unembellished black top to go with the comfortable gray pants. She almost doesn’t notice him sidle up behind her. He wraps his arms around her and hugs, rocking back and forth again to make his point.
As he walks away she smiles a little and says “Six years ago you wouldn’t have found this attractive.”
He still hasn’t said a word, but now she dresses with a quiet confidence.
It’s easy to forget that the perception of ‘sexy’ changes with age just as much as everything else…but isn’t it wonderful when you are reminded?
~K
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I loved this. Its nice to realize that you can still be sexy even as you get older and your body has changed.
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Stunning. That’s all I can say.
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As someone who has never had kids (read: has no good reason why her body looks the way it does) and is mightily ashamed of her naked form, thank for accepting his “point” and taking confidence from it — it’s something I struggle to learn.
*squishy hugs*
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LOVE THIS. My hubby is the same and I respond the same way you do, and this.is.great. Thanks for sharing it.
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Fabulous. Really compelling. I identified with it so much…and you created such an interesting character, even if she is based in reality.
PS Thanks for the shout out…sorry I’m so far behind!
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I love this! I’m all about the body love–every mommy on the planet should read this post. Hot!
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Love this post. Nothing like a little shot of self-esteem to make everything better — even that pile of laundry on the floor!
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Very sweet…
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That’s a lot of love in that s3xyness!
Very nice.
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Just found your site through Hot Dads and I love this post! I’ll definitely be reading more. Thanks for the reminder that my post baby body can still be seen as sexy!
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Oh boy do I know that feeling of giving birth in front of strangers (teaching hospital for me)! Very sweet moment. And btw, this didn’t come into my reader, last post I had was the switching servers. Should I change something?
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Cute post…what a good hubby..hopefully he found what he was looking for later.
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I wish I felt that way. I am way too embarrassed to undressed in front of my husband. It has very little to do with battle wounds from pregnancy, and more to do with life long self esteem issues.
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I gave you an award!
See it here.
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This sounds familiar… I love the third person perspective – it makes it almost voyeuristic – which is fitting since it was a bit of a peep show. Love your writing as usual.
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this is SO awesome. i loved it.
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More men should be so wise.
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