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[ladytairngire]

I was talking with a man at church [poetry] last night. He was from out of town. He comes to Newark regularly for business. He read about the reading in the local paper and came to check it out. He asked me about the town, about the reading, about writing, about creativity vs a "functional" life

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[i_rememberme]

interesting. i bet most women have that internal dialogue when they talk to someone attractive. and why not? it's nice to be valued (although probably nicer when that value doesn't matter).

[momma_lizzie]

LOL. I totally know what you mean. :)

[aellwynde]

May I add a wee bit to that of my own thoughts, that run along surprisingly similar lines? I've found that I enjoy going to the grocery store in sweats and braids. I'm not there to be picked up, to be gawked at by the fallas, or to win a She's So Sexay contest. There is something incredibly freeing, for me, in not worrying about my physical appearance- I'm clean, but not all dolled up. I'm round, I'm comfy, and I love it. :)

The woman I work for is a single mom, and is very, very single. She works very hard at looking hawt. I feel very, very smug about not working at looking, very, very hawt. Hehehe.

Poetry... that, though, is something I'd love to do. Have a writing or a reading group of any kind regularly. I would love to have a creative group.

[aellwynde]

That isn't to say I don't get a little thrill and a little grin when I know someone is checkin' me out though... ;)

[richlayers]

"...freedom to engage with a man without it also being a test of my sexual worth."

Now that is a nice thought.