CarolC: Again, point well taken...I hadn't thought of that enough to make it to actual consciousness, but I am sure it rambled around in my subconciousness for awhile, or else I wouldn't have known it struck such a cord.

Never thought of it that way (consciously): that we target the extremes with our sarcasm and our comments (one way or another). I suppose in light of that I should be happy that I am somewhere in the middle...but then, how come it still doesn't feel right?

I just got back from the bar down the street (I was sorta celebrating cause it was my last day of work-work) where I used to go with relative obscurity and sing....but I walked in tonight, after a six month absence or so, to find things had CHANGED! The bartendar is now my estranged best male friends brother whom he doesn't talk to anymore and the place was crowded with "youngsters". I looked around and thought, "These people are NO WAY old enough to drink!" and realized 1) I could no longer be obscure and 2) no one was looking at me anymore....(ok, no one besides Cliff, the red-shirted, khaki wearing, white cowboy-hatted, 55 year old (god, or somebody, bless him) man that wanted to talk to me about NPR all night, that is (and I *did* talk!).

What an eye opener.

What a sobering night...even though the beer flows heavily through my veins (pardon the typos tonight!)

Here is what I noticed in my six month absence from the "bar scene" (and not a very trendy one at that - at least it didn't used to be):

1. Women's (ok, little girl's) tops have plunged into DEEP v's. (which I actually like, cause all of us look good in V necks, even those of us with not very big boobs)

2. The low low low rider pants are in in in. I mean, these pants are sexy! I heard one gal say tonight, "These are not sitting pants; they are only standing pants!" Cause if you sit in them, your buttcrack, and/or undies show(but dang, are they sexy!). They come about an inch above your pubes...about four or so inches below your belly button....oh my!

3. Two words: Tank Tops.

4. Okay, four words: Lace pastel tank tops.

5. I have a new perspective on men/women (especially young ones) after having read this thread (see below)

So here's the new perspective:

The young guys were very caught up in the young girls (as it should be, I guess), but what they REALLY wanted (though sadly, they don't know it yet) was the older gals, the ones that knew what they were doing.

And the young gals were very caught up in the young guys (again, as it should be I guess) but what they REALLY wanted was the older guys, the ones that knew what they were doing....

Hmmmm

What do you think? Too much beer for me tonight, or do I have something here?