Fundamental Truth #6: Women are CRAZY – EXAMPLE: She is Obsessed with the Way She Looks

Crazy Woman Example – She is Obsessed with the Way She Looks
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I suppose that a woman’s vanity can be a double-edged sword.  On one hand, if she obsesses over every detail of how she looks, then she’ll probably look great – or at least better than she otherwise would.  The flip side is that if she goes too far, then that vanity might just bleed you dry financially – as you attempt to pay for each successive treatment, cosmetic surgery or procedure, etc.  Now don’t get me wrong – I LOVE good-looking women … oh yes, I do.  But I do think that some of them are crazy for spending the amount of time and money they do to keep themselves looking perfect.  Granted – it might be worse here where I live in Southern California than in other parts of the country.  I remember going to a local event called “A Taste of Newport Beach” a few years ago – and everywhere I looked, there were young women with fake yet wonderful boobs.  I remember thinking what a wonderful world it is here in Silicone Valley – truly a grown man’s Disneyland!  My point here is that vanity is fine – but just like with coffee or alcohol, it is best taken in moderation.

Women who are overly-obsessed with their appearance can have issues other than just how to pay for it all. Sometimes women who are extremely vain actually have low self-esteem, and vanity becomes their coping mechanism.  I have known women who were extremely good-looking – but they always thought they had some tragic physical flaw that everyone else was noticing, and that they were overly sensitive about.  I learned a hard lesson years ago when my buddy’s really good-looking girlfriend was unsuccessfully trying to push herself onto a beached boat that I was loading with beer at the Colorado River.  At the time, I was a big joker – and was known for saying off-color things in sort of a quick-draw manner.  I looked at her trying and failing to push herself up onto the boat, and I said to her, “Oh – a little bottom-heavy, eh?”  Holy smoke was that ever the wrong thing to say.  My little joke exploded like a nuclear weapon … she made my, my buddy’s, and everyone’s weekend HELL after that one comment.  And this was all because it turned out that even though this woman was extremely good-looking, and had a perfect ass … she had a self-esteem issue, and was very sensitive about what she thought was her oversized ass.  Nothing could be further from the truth – but this didn’t matter.  [Midlife Bachelor Lesson – never make fun of the size of woman’s ass, no matter what!]

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Midlife Bachelor chronicles lifestyle, dating, and relationship experiences and advice to avoid a midlife crisis. Readers like you are often beyond young adulthood in their 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s that want to understand how dating, sex, relationships, and love fit in with our lifestyles.