I’m 75 years old and I love wearing red lipstick. I have been doing that for years and now I am being accused of it. Come on now… it’s unfair Yesterday, I was getting ready for a family dinner, and my son saw me applying my favorite red shade. He sneered and said, “Mom, you look like a desperate old clown trying to cling to your youth. It’s embarrassing, you don’t have to do it.” He said it with a laughing face as if it were a joke. BUT HE MEANT IT. And then his wife with the ugliest smile ever looks at me and says: “Oh I agree with Steph, red lipstick is not for older people. I think you should stick to what other people are doing” Right at that moment I said to her: “HONEY WHY DON’T YOU MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS” You should have seen her face, she was taken aback. She didn’t expect this and just smiled and looked away. “Sorry Edith, we just don’t want you to look like a clown” IMAGINE THE AUDACITY My son was confused but then added: “Ok Mom enjoy the circus” while his wife gave another laugh saying come on Steph let’s not miss the circus. And they both laughed. How do you think this made me feel? At first for about 10 minutes I was hurt and in the corner alone and sad. But then the sadness turned into RAGE… YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT I DID TO BOTH OF THEM. Hear this, just a week later… ⬇️
The Spark: A Family Dinner Gone Wrong Edith had always been a vibrant woman, a beacon of confidence and style, even at 75. Her red lipstick was her signature, a …
I’m 75 years old and I love wearing red lipstick. I have been doing that for years and now I am being accused of it. Come on now… it’s unfair Yesterday, I was getting ready for a family dinner, and my son saw me applying my favorite red shade. He sneered and said, “Mom, you look like a desperate old clown trying to cling to your youth. It’s embarrassing, you don’t have to do it.” He said it with a laughing face as if it were a joke. BUT HE MEANT IT. And then his wife with the ugliest smile ever looks at me and says: “Oh I agree with Steph, red lipstick is not for older people. I think you should stick to what other people are doing” Right at that moment I said to her: “HONEY WHY DON’T YOU MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS” You should have seen her face, she was taken aback. She didn’t expect this and just smiled and looked away. “Sorry Edith, we just don’t want you to look like a clown” IMAGINE THE AUDACITY My son was confused but then added: “Ok Mom enjoy the circus” while his wife gave another laugh saying come on Steph let’s not miss the circus. And they both laughed. How do you think this made me feel? At first for about 10 minutes I was hurt and in the corner alone and sad. But then the sadness turned into RAGE… YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT I DID TO BOTH OF THEM. Hear this, just a week later… ⬇️ Read More