My mom and I co-wrote Depression Cookies together, and she frequently writes here. She was helping me come up with letter-themed posts, and we just knew this was our perfect B.
Enjoy, and please come back to see what we come up with C-Z!
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Belly Button Bulging Banner
On a recent visit to see Tia, I
commented on a pregnant lady whose belly button bulged like a balloon. I said,
“I can remember being so embarrassed of my bulging belly button I put duct tape
over it and wore two pair of panties.” Tia chuckled and said, “Mom, you need to
write about it.”
Well, honestly what’s there to write
about? It must be the new fashion to showcase the button. But I wonder? Are the
same women who wouldn’t show their non-pregnant abdomen in the dark to their
husband now getting rather bold? There’s no doubt I was excited and happy
about my pregnancies; I wanted to tell everyone. I would have considered
wearing a banner on my forehead. I might have considered a shirt slogan. But
belly button exposure?
Have we
turned an era curve? Something like the 1960s? Those brazen hussies had
love-ins, sit-ins and sex anywhere. Skirts rose up to heights of no
imagination. Bras were burned. Is this the new feminine badge of honor, the
belly button bulging banner? I’ve noticed
a few proud women sporting the ultimate banner, displaying a stripe of brown
pigment drawn straight down to the exit sign which could serve as further proof
of brashness or braveness. Now the idea is taking on a new meaning.
What’s
next? Bare Breasts Bouncing Bodaciously?
11 comments:
I so understand the confusion...I even wrote a similar piece on one of my other blogs: Bat wings....and straps!
Glad to have found this blog in the A to Z challenge. I'm doing flash fiction on my main blog, words picked at random, photos found to inspire, then max of 10 sentences and min of 100 words. I love that there are so many different approaches to the A to Z.
I appreciate your position here, and especially the humor you've used to portray it. I can't join your team though :) While I tend to have a lot of issues with some clothing these days (9 year old girls whose butts say Juicy?!?), baring bellys just doesn't phase me :)
LOL! Bare Breasts Bouncing Bodaciously! I love it. *snickers*
I love that our culture has gone this way and that the pregnant woman's body is now seen as more beautiful and less of something to hide, but I also think those of us that aren't Belly Button Banner types of gals, will always keep ours under wraps. :)
Great topic!
Boing-Fwip...
Bring it... to the challenge "B" is for Brilliant!
Jeremy [Retro-Zombie]
A to Z Co-Host
IZOMBIE: Visit the Madness
duct tape and 2 pairs of panties - that made my day
Happy A to Z
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Oh, I'm an idiot. I always thought it was duct tape!
Thanks everyone! I'm making my A to Z rounds. Some great stuff.
Sarah, It is SO duct tape... thanks! It's now fixed. My kids say duck tape all the time!
And a caveat, this was written by my mom. She was inspired when we were walking one day and she saw several protruding belly buttons. She couldn't believe I wasn't aghast. ;-)
What a attention-grabbing title for "B" day. Love it.
Thank you very much for this good belly (button?) laugh this morning.
Looking forward to C to Z.
Thanks, Fairview & Corinne.
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