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Learning to Love My Butt
My butt and I have had a love-hate relationship for years. For about 20 years. Ever since I was about 15 I have been aware of my butt. Even at a size 6, my butt didn't look like other size 6 butts. It was wider. It was flatter. It wasn't cute or perky. Part of the problem has always been by long torso and short legs. They have been locked in an evil conspiracy with my butt. A conspiracy to make my butt look bigger and flatter through an optical illusion. So...the love-hate thing. I hate my butt and my butt loves to torment me. This week on our relaxing beach holiday to my husband's beautiful home town in northern Michigan, something amazing happened. I started to appreciate my butt. Now, this is no small task. No small task because my butt is no small butt. In the last 6 years (and I say 6 because I know the pre-wedding fanaticism with which I was focused on maintaining a size 6) my butt has gained in prominence. Two kids, 20 pounds, and three (gulp) pants sizes later, my butt is a force to be reckoned with. Up until now, the only upside was the increase in my breast size that occurred simultaneously with the extra weight. As Rosie O'Donnell's character in Beautiful Girls notes "...big *ss, big t*ts...small *ss, small t*ts. God's fair." So now, I've got a little more T&A but what I don't have is more love for my butt. No love, but I do have a new appreciation. Why? Well, this week of bathing suits and beach time I realized something. Ava (my four-year-old) has my butt. The same butt that I can't stand on me, that makes me want to spend 100 straight hours on the elliptical machine, looks adorable on her. I want her to learn to appreciate her butt and I don't want her to ever think she is anything but perfect just the way she is.
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posted by
creatress
on Jul 7, 2008 at 11:59 AM
posted by
hmoeckli
on Jul 7, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Oh my goodness, I missed you so much! This was hilarious. You, and your butt, are fantastic and don't let anyone tell you different. :) And at five feet tall, I'm all butt. It's fantastic.
posted by
ToscaSac
on Jul 7, 2008 at 01:51 PM
Try being black with no butt YIKES. No apple bottom, no junk in the trunk, nada, nil, zilch! Weight goes all to tummy making me look preggo tubby if I gain. Never to the rack or in the back (but it does start to roll on the sides you know in that crease where you turn...) Anyway I digress into the truth behind my positive body image. The truth is even super models hate at least one thing about their bodies. But the reason I have a positive image is because confidence is sexy and men don't obsess about half as many of the glaring imperfections we women can't seem to ignore. So I decided early on to love myself as is and give attention only to those who can love me as is. It has worked beautifully. Goes for the front and the back. Being a mom who nursed helps because I know my breast served a purpose for those years nourishing, even when they were never pin up quality orbs. posted by
ktja
on Jul 7, 2008 at 05:36 PM
This made me lol! My daugher just turned one, but I wonder when we'll start tackling body image concerns. aaggh! posted by
MiaMama
on Jul 7, 2008 at 05:42 PM
Ah the butt! I've always had a big butt and apparently I too am with a "butt guy"! I can relate to the escalating dress size. Luckily it comes with the t & a to balance out!You're fabulous darling! posted by
kellimwheeler
on Jul 7, 2008 at 11:51 PM
One of my favorite quotes: If only women could forever feel as beautiful and smart as they do at five years old. I consider it a success that my daughter is 7 1/2 and still thinks she's pretty damn fabulous -- even with her mommy's butt. Thanks for the laughs. posted by
ThatTripletMom
on Jul 8, 2008 at 08:05 AM
My dear husband had a revelation this year and has been trying to foster it in me; you don't have to have a supermodel body to wear a bikini. There are many different definitions of 'perfect' when it comes to body shape.Once I stopped obsessing about every flaw I see in my body and started really looking at the other women at the pool, I realized he was right. I am sporting a bikini (on my post-triplet body, mind you) for the first time since college. No apologies. posted by
wifemotherdaughtersister
on Jul 8, 2008 at 01:19 PM
ah yes the butt. friend or foe? yours is flat, mine is comically large. i've literally had men i pass by say " dang she's got a big a$$!" i too realize that if i have passed my booty onto my my daughter, i must learn to love my booty.
posted by
MomoMama
on Jul 8, 2008 at 06:49 PM
Hey - I have that same butt (aka "The Meadows"). I also blame the long torso/short legs. This phenomenon also means that no matter how much I appreciate my butt....not a single pair of pants fits correctly. For Ava's 13th birthday, I'll buy her a lifelong gift certificate for a good tailor. posted by
AmandaS
on Jul 9, 2008 at 10:28 PM
Glad to hear that I am not alone, ladies. Thanks for the feed-backside. HA HA HA
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I always laugh that I have a great rack and am married to a "butt" guy. That's really what got me to love my booty. Seeing how much my guy loves it right back! Hahaha.
Welcome back BTW. Coffee?