Does Color Really Matter?

  My daughter Melodie Ann (34) called me from Florida and we had such a weird conversation.  I was crying, it was so funny.  She has my grand-daughter Grace staying with her until this Monday.   Grace lives with her dad a couple of blocks from me in NJ  (Exit 88).
    Now, you've got to understand that she has 4 girls and a son.  Mel is carrying on a conversation with me, her daughters, her son, her niece, and her husband while talking to me.  Right now my daughter is trying to talk Grace into wearing other colors beside black.  Grace (13) responded by telling her aunt, "I have hyperhydrosis."  Aunt asks "what the hell is 'hyperhydrosis'?"  Grace explained to her that her arm pits drip and black's the only color that doesn't show the sweat ring.  Auntie told her that "mine  used to 'cry' at your age and so what, you sweat, you sweat there's a ring, so what."  Meema (me) over the phone says "oh bullshit, she just wants to wear black, if anyone has hyperhydrosis, it's me!  My whole body sweats!"   
    Now Melodie is telling her husband "Gracie's telling Mandie that she has super-halitosis so she can wear black."  Danny walks away just shaking his head.  Then she was studying a map on line and asked her son, Billy (17) "what are these little thingys."  Billy says "who cares what they are" so she repeats it in the form of a question:  "You don't care what they are?"  Apparently not.
   Back to the sweats:  I'm telling Mel that "Gracie doesn't have a problem, I do, even my scalp sweats."  Mel answers "my tongue sweats!"  So I totally go back to laughing my butt off.  Now Mel's arguing with her daughter, Mandie, about what color wedding gown she should wear.  Mandie is 12, and not dating, let alone planning her wedding.  She's telling her she should "wear taupe, if you're pure, you're pure.  Some people just don't look good in white."   Mel is 1/2 Sicilian and lives in Florida.  Her hubby is Puerto Rican-American.  She and her girls are all dark.  Nat's part Swedish, has blonde hair, blue-gray eyes, and her skin is snow white.  Mel, "look at Aunt Nat, she doesn't look good in white."  She's trying to tell her she doesn't have to wear white.   Mel wore an "ice pink" satin and champagne beaded lace wedding gown that I made for her.   It wasn't because of her purity or lack thereof, it was because pink was "in" for wedding gowns.  Now if you watched "Days of Our Lives," you'd remember that Jennifer married Jack in a pink wedding gown.  It was after Jen's wedding, but we both fell in love with the idea.
    Now Mel's telling me that the gay flag is a rainbow.  "What's the name of that gay skater?  He was skating around with one."  OK, Mel...

   While we're on the subject of "Melodie Ann," I'd like to mention another awesome blogger whose name happens to be "MelodY Ann."  The name of the blog is "Searching for a Rainbow."  This woman is a genious and needs to be published.  She has it all as a writer.  She has started writing "The Book  of the Century:  Girl."   Only the first two chapters are done, but done with total brilliance.  If you have a sense of humor, and an imagination, you'll love reading it.  MelodY also writes incredible poetry that you can picture in your mind's eye - total mind candy!!   Please check her out, a link to her blog is under "Amazing People, Melody's Rainbow."
   

Comments

[Lu]

Great post Trudie!

I know exactly how you feel talking to someone who is having conversations with about 5 other people...i am guilty of that sometimes too...

you had me cracking up about the sweaty armpit thing...kids...where do they come up with this stuff!!

I agree Melodyann...is awesome...i hope that when she gets published and all famous she wont forget us little people...heehehe

[Doris]

Ha-ha! One of the funniest posts... and I thought I only had a family like that!

You made that wedding dress?! It is stunning :-)

[melodyann]

Trudes, you're a peach. Thank you for the kind words....

I loved that story. That's exactly how it is when my two girls, and usually a friend or two of theirs, and me, try to have a conversation.

[melody]

My name is MelodY Ann too....I though my name was very original until I started blogging. I've run across several now. Love your blog too. Oh...My daughter went a year wearing mostly black...she was 14, now at 16...she's a true girly girl!

[Christopher Trottier]

Thanks for sharing a snapshot of your life with me. By the way, I write poetry too.

[zandperl]

Hee. That's an exciting conversation.

Regarding Grace, it's interesting for me to hear about other people with skin conditions that affect the clothes they wear. Mine's hydradenitis suppurativa (HS) and it's essentially "super-pimples" wherever I've got sweat glands (armpits, chest, bikini-line). I can't wear T-shirts with tight armpits or the cysts get worse, and I'm reluctant to wear tank tops b/c then they show.

Maybe Grace could wear non-black in her pants, or wear layers of shirts (that aren't black) so the sweat doesn't soak through? Also, I presume she got the name of the condition from her doctor, so maybe s/he could recommend a prescription anti-perspirant for her. Though one of my friends has the same condition and said that he's tried a few and they all give him horrible acne...

Best wishes!