Are you judgmental? No, really?

I like to think of myself as being open minded.  Completely non judgmental. 

And I'm not judgmental about the big stuff, like the color of your skin or your ethnicity or your sexual orientation or your socio-economic background.  I'd never look at someone as less than me for any of those differences.

This hairdo is what I like to call "the Pebbles."
As you can plainly see, it's not for everyone. 
Remember what it looks like... it'll be
important later on in the post....

So, I think of myself as a non-judgmental person. 

But it's just not true...

Ugly Truth: I'm a mean, judgmental person.


Ok, maybe I'm not that mean. I'm only mean in my mind. Well, mostly... (since I'm putting it out here in this blog post so you can see what I'm talking about).

This picture does not even come close
to capturing how bad the outfit
truly was...

I say such mean things in my head about people and I just can't help it (Ok, truth be told, I'm not sure that I want to help it....it amuses me)...

I'll give you an example....

I see people all the time that I can't understand what they were thinking when they got dressed that day. 

I saw this woman getting off of the Staten Island Ferry one day who was wearing, not one, not two but three completely different leopard patterns.  The spandex leopard pants were particularly heinous.  She was full-on leopard-tastic. 

Also, I'd like to add, while I'm on this rant... Spandex.... It's a privilege, not a right.... If you're not in good shape, please don't wear it (and yes, I know round is a shape, but you know what I mean)...  Her ass looked like two jungle cats fighting inside a spandex balloon...

Now, you might think that I have a problem with people who are heavy.  Absolutely untrue.  I have a problem with people who don't know how to dress... You'll see....

There's a woman that I see all the time in the town that I live in who wears her hair in the same style as my 16 month old.  On my 16 month old daughter, the "Pebbles" 'do is adorable.  Not so much on a 40 year old woman...

I saw this man wearing little, tiny running shorts and no shirt.  His gut hung so far over his waistband that I almost couldn't see the shorts.  I know there are plenty of men where I'd be happy to see them without their shirts.  I see them and my brain is screaming, "Take it off! Take it off!"  With this guy, my brain is just screaming, "Put it on!  Put it on!"

Here's the thing I don't understand.  Do these people not own mirrors? 

I think what frightens me more is the possibility that they do own mirrors.  And they stood in front of the mirror and said, "Ok.  I look good.  Let's go."

What is it?  A funhouse mirror?

I'm frightened by their obvious lack of good judgment....

And then there are the women who wear skirts that barely cover their ass cheeks that get upset if someone looks at them like they're sexual objects.  Are you kidding me?!?  If you're showing it off, I'm assuming you want people to look.  Don't like it?  Wear a skirt that passes the tampon string test... (For those of you who don't know, the TST requires that the skirt be longer than the string would hang down... Think about it....)

Same with women who wear shirts cut almost down to their navel.  Wake up ladies!  If you're gonna show off the bodacious ta tas, people are gonna look.  Get over it or wear something more modest.

Now I'm not saying you've got to go full-on Amish or anything (and I promise you that men will still look even if you do), but if the attention bothers you, cover the damn things.  It's like making steak and asking the dog not to look at you pitifully as if you are torturing him if you don't give him some.

Are people really that delusional? I think people should have to appear before a jury of their peers before they leave the house. That way so many of these unfortunate situations wouldn't happen. The jury could say, "Ok. You look fine." or "Hell, no! Go back upstairs and change. You look like an idiot."

Look, if I'm dressed like that (not that I dress like that very often), it is my full intention that people look.  Men specifically.  I don't get upset when they do. 

But it's just the way it is.  The running commentary that goes on in my head on a daily basis isn't very complimentary...

Like I said, I'm mean and judgmental....  I'm not sure I want to give it up though.... It may be a character defect that I'm willing to hang on to...

How about you?

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