Do You Follow The Rules?

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GoodEnuff

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I don't mean rules like "Thou Shalt Not Kill".

I mean things like decorating, design, fashion.

For instance, I read/hear that floors in a house should be the same throughout. Not for me. The living area gets a LOT of traffic with mud, snow, ice, eight little paws dragging in all kinds of organic matter. That floor is tile, it will withstand all types of abuse and is easy care. The bedroom has carpet; it is cold here in the winter, it acts as an insulator, gets little traffic, and feels good on bare feet. And the curtains don't match; they were what I had when I moved in that would fit the windows and glass door.
A second sitting room has windows facing the woods outside and the creek rushing by. It has a wood floor that feels like the outside coming in. To hell with the design rules.

About a year ago, I decided to have my very long hair cut very short. Why? I had been to a concert here, mostly older retired people (think hippies). In that room with several hundred people, the women all had long hair except one. When I spoke with her during intermission, she was someone who, in a positive way, stood out in the crowd. Off came the hair shortly thereafter. I still love it. So easy to care for and I get compliments from strangers in parking lots.

I used to have mani/pedi every week, at least, because that's what women were supposed to do. Now, I keep the nails cut short, no polish, not pretty but with the work I am doing, that is near impossible. I don't care anymore.

So, male or female, do you still follow The Rules?
 

I don't care about rules, except to the extent that I am a law-abiding citizen. I am polite and well-mannered, but not because of any rules and I am definitely not prissy. I just think that everyone ought to be treated the same, with respect and with welcoming friendliness. Fashion - I wear what I like. Books - don't believe in censorship. TV - rarely watch it. Music - not very musical, but there is plenty of music I like to listen to and dance to and I do not care what other people think about it. Love animals. Especially love dogs and, although I have been a puppy trainer, I do not believe in training the dog out of the dog.

I've been called weird all my life, and I have always taken it as a compliment. I simply be myself and do not do much to conform. I mean, I do wear clothes and drive safely and generally try to avoid being arrested. I've been in prisons and I never want to be an inmate. So I always have an escape arrest plan in mind. (No, I'm not a burglar.) I've never in my entire life been pulled over by a cop or caused an accident. That would be conforming! :) It's real simple - I pretend everyone in the cars around me are people I dearly love. And I do, at least enough to not want to hurt them.
 
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GoodEnuff said:
I mean things like decorating, design, fashion.
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No, I do what I think is practical in my house and wear what strikes my fancy. I have a lot of vibrant colours in my closet. Not so many places to wear them nowadays.

In home design sites they show remodelled bathrooms that look like a hotel. Me, I prefer my old-style medicine style mirror and vanity with drawers so things can be put away. I don’t want a huge kitchen island so anyone can see the clutter while I work. Some things go on all day.

After saying this, I’ll stop wearing white at Labour Day, not because of the rule but because of the weather. It feels like fall. Except this year, it’s feeling like the middle of summer so white jackets will still be worn, if something is needed.
 
Don't really have the money to redecorate apartment or my clothes! Saturday, at Coney Island, I was wearing a blouse bought over 50 years ago! In mint condition. I remember buying it at 'Strawberries' near Grand Central Station. DIL said store still there!
Very appropriate blouse with lovely flowers & coloring. I guess I wear this blouse two times a year.

Wish I could afford to redecorate home, hate my rugs, so old! I might do all floors same, I like the idea. Maybe not for bathroom or kitchen!
 
I do what I want.... I wear my hair long while everyone my age around me has theirs short.....because I don't suit short hair

I have my nails done, not because everyone else might have them done, but because I like to look presentable and clean...

I have matching curtains and carpets .. as well as blinds.. not because everyone else may have them but because I like them, to look like that...but I don't follow the latest craze or fashion for anything...

I have carpets the same beige colour throughout the whole house... but if I had animals I would have a wood floor..

I have tiles in the downstairs hallway and kitchen.. as I do in the bathrooms.. not because everyone else has them but because they're practical...
 
Pepper said:
Don't really have the money to redecorate apartment or my clothes! Saturday, at Coney Island, I was wearing a blouse bought over 50 years ago! In mint condition. I remember buying it at 'Strawberries' near Grand Central Station. DIL said store still there!
Very appropriate blouse with lovely flowers & coloring. I guess I wear this blouse two times a year.

Wish I could afford to redecorate home, hate my rugs, so old! I might do all floors same, I like the idea. Maybe not for bathroom or kitchen!
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can we see a pic of the blouse from 50 years ago, Pepper? Id love to see it ?..I could never fit into a blouse I had when I was 20..I was only a 19 inch waist then, and no boobs really...
 
"DoYou Follow The Rules?" + "I mean things likedecorating, design, fashion."

This thread seems to be mainly about our homes and personal grooming, so that's what I'm answering.

I follow what works for me, but I'm conservative, so I'm generally not going to shock people. They wouldn't walk into my home and find it out of place or strange, even though it has antiques, and a lot of lamps with stained glass like shades. Most of those were acquired - not just old stuff that got passed down (even though some were). I still have horisontal blinds. I'm not sure it those are out of fashion, but I like them, so they're staying.

I didn't know that "floors in a house should be the same throughout." Most of my house is carpeted, but certainly not the kitchen and bathrooms. Also, there is a tile area at both entry doors with throw rugs to wipe shoes on before walking on carpet.

Just a few personal quirks: I wear old comfortable clothes around the house, but I don't go anywhere in those. I have a thing against short sleeve shirts; just long sleeves year round, even though I may often turn the sleeves up to the elbows. After 50, I stopped wearing short pants in public. I hate pullover shirts, undershirts, t-shirts, or anything confining. I don't go one day without shaving my face, not even if I know I'm staying home. I have a thing against dirty fingernails on anyone, or hair that isn't combed; and especially "pillow" hair (like from people get from sitting in recliners watching TV).
 
Jules said:
After saying this, I’ll stop wearing white at Labour Day, not because of the rule but because of the weather. It feels like fall. Except this year, it’s feeling like the middle of summer so white jackets will still be worn, if something is needed.
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You can wear winter white in the fall and winter.

I used to have such a beautiful winter white wool/cashmere coat that my friends, my mother's friends, and friends of friends of mine and my mother borrowed it to go out on hot dates. They also borrowed a beautiful, several strand pearl necklace I had. The pearls were unusual shapes. My mother, who was not particularly tactful, called it "the teeth", and everyone found out about it when they found out about the coat.

Sadly, even with all those hot dates, no engagements resulted. Never again will I keep a calendar for dates for my coat and necklace. At the time, I was working on my goal of dating 10 guys at a time (platonic dates, my rules - I wasn't running a cat house!). I met the goal, btw, and the guys did the asking!
 
Pepper said:
Thinnest I've ever been since Jr. High!
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I have the same problem. I am too thin. There just isn't anything I want to eat except things with sugar in them, or too much saturated fat. And it has to be cooked by someone else who knows how to cook. Well, that's not gonna happen.

Then there's the problem that I forget to eat. I can forget until someone in this household asks me if I've eaten that day. I don't feel like cooking, either. I have cooked since I was 10 years old and I am tired of it.

I can't figure out why food isn't important any more -- aside from my health problems, I mean. I was eating a very nutritious diet for the last 15 years.

I am pretty sure that when my dog died, it effected my relationship to food. I loved food, I loved cooking and baking. I loved studying food-related topics (like food history, how we acquire our food and what that does to planet, foods from different countries). I collected cookbooks and loved to read them.

My dog was the major source of joy in my life for 14 years. He wasn't sick, he just died because he was old. I have other sources of joy, but they pale in comparison to having a dog that understands easily 100 words and the sentences they are linked into. To having a dog who is so aware of my micro expressions that when I merely think about grooming him, he hides the grooming tools. To having a dog who is so funny he make me laugh multiple times a day. He was literally my best friend, and I was his.
 
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Yep, @WheatenLover I forget to eat dinner and must force myself when I remember. I eat the same breakfast/lunch, every day: roll & butter, coffee in am; banana and Ensure around noon. Rarely anything else. Food was always my favorite thing, after some people. Now I forget to do it. Must be the hernia doc found?
 
I like to know what the current trencs are and then basically ignore them. These days it seems that everyone on the home fixit shows prefers white kitchen cabinets. Why? I have no idea. And yes, the same flooring throughout. I guess it makes the space flow rather than be interrupted by change. That does seem to exclude kitchen and bath.

With classic clothes one can update with accessories. The same with a neutral pallette in decorating.
 
Babs2u said:
These days it seems that everyone on the home fixit shows prefers *white kitchen cabinets. Why?
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Because some decorating influencer has told us they’re stylish and we should love them. (*White kitchen cabinets can be replaced with anything they want to promote). They have to sell something to keep on being an expert and keep businesses functioning, they have to create a need for replacement.
 

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