Originally Posted by
CathyA
I wonder how certain concepts got started. I guess I started thinking about this when I grabbed my purse to run a bunch of errands this morning, and saw that the strap was falling apart........but it was still good, so I'll continue to use it. My tennis shoes are very worn.......but I still wear them. My hair is always pulled up in a barrette and is a bit disheveled, but it's always clean, etc., etc., etc.
I just wonder where the notion started that we "shouldn't" wear worn/faded things, or why we have to appear a certain way?
Seems like we could cut out a heck of a lot of unnecessary things, if we just accepted that things aren't perfect, but still extremely usable.
I'm sure to some people, I might even look like a bag lady.....hahaha. But these things just don't matter to me.
But I do wonder where all the notions got started on how people had to look, to be "acceptable".