I kind of had this revelation after walking through Rosedale this morning and seeing all the spas and the salons and the pretty lunching ladies walking about town at 10am in little sundresses and kitten heels, sipping genteel lattes, buying fruit and flowers, waiting for their manicures, utterly without concern that they weren’t in an office.<\/p>\n
My shameful revelation? Sometimes, I wish I could make it through life just by being pretty. You know, professionally, like a trophy wife. I guess this might be seen as stemming from some failed ambition for fame or popstardom, but it’s not really. I don’t need ravening fans, it would just be nice if one’s entire vocation consisted of just eating properly, going to the gym, applying fancy creams and wearing nice clothes. Sort of like a Stepford Wife, except of course that I would be free to pursue my own interests such as reading, writing, art, photography, woodcarving, canoeing, croquet and the like in my spare time. And I wouldn’t have my eyeballs ripped out by my robot twin.<\/p>\n
Vanity? No. Severe dissatisfaction with office job? Yes. Am I a bad person for thinking about this after generations of my foremothers fought for equal rights? Probably.<\/p>\n
Who knows – maybe that dreamy existence is what retirement will be like.
\nExcept most likely without the supple, wrinkle-free skin and svelte figure.
\nBecause that would be creeeeepy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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