What is something that everyone looks silly doing?

I am an accomplished whistler and whistle all the time. It used to upset my great-aunt, who was a highly proper lady and thought it was highly IMproper for a girl to whistle, for some reason.
I never got told anything about things being unladylike. I enjoyed whistling to songs, not to people.
 
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I never had any aunt's or uncles or grandparents to question my behaviour. If I did, I would have been raised different which I think I would have welcomed. I wanted to be challenged.
My greataunt was very loving and I was her favorite, but she was a proper Victorian lady (having been born in 1892) who had distinct ideas of what was proper for a young lady.

A well-behaved young lady DID.NOT chew gum, whistle, wear trousers, do that unseemly "twist dance", chew Sen-Sens, wear short-shorts, stay seated when elders entered the room, etc, almost all of which I was guilty of (I hated Sen-Sens).

What made this interesting was that she also was a "Renaissance woman" who fought for women's rights, owned her own car when it was rare for women to even drive and didn't put up with sh!t from anyone.

She also had a tattoo on her bicep that said "BABE" in a heart. I never had the nerve to ask about that.....
 
My greataunt was very loving and I was her favorite, but she was a proper Victorian lady (having been born in 1892) who had distinct ideas of what was proper for a young lady.

A well-behaved young lady DID.NOT chew gum, whistle, wear trousers, do that unseemly "twist dance", chew Sen-Sens, wear short-shorts, stay seated when elders entered the room, etc, almost all of which I was guilty of (I hated Sen-Sens).

What made this interesting was that she also was a "Renaissance woman" who fought for women's rights, owned her own car when it was rare for women to even drive and didn't put up with sh!t from anyone.

She also had a tattoo on her bicep that said "BABE" in a heart. I never had the nerve to ask about that.....
I really wish I had an aunt or older female cousin. My mom never warned me not to do anything except get married so I didn’t.
I admire strong women who were set in the ways. My best friends mom would set me right if I ever got off track but she also lent me mittens and hats when I stopped there to walk with my best friend. She was like a second mom to me. When we had wild parties, she’d be over getting her daughter. I admired and respected her. She was a no nonsense type of woman with a great personality.
 


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