5/05/2010

Gobsmacked By The Boobs

I'm pretty sure a woman caught me staring at her boobs today.

This would not be a big deal under normal circumstances. I stare at people all the time. Either because I'm thinking about something else or because I'm a nosy bitch. Or because I think I remember the person, but can't remember how. (I also eavesdrop compulsively. It's the writer in me. Or the nosy bitch part. Whatever.) Anyway, normally I smile when caught. Or escape behind a pile of produce.

But boob staring, that's a little different. I suppose if I were a guy or a lesbian, I'd have learned how to do this more subtly, but being a straight chick hasn't prepared me for such things.

I was. . . .gobsmacked by the boobs. (I have been reading too many books set in England. But it totally works here, doesn't it?)

My own have become rather disappointing lately. After nursing 3 kids and celebrating their 22nd year (approximately), their formerly perky fullness has deflated and now seems to be oozing toward my armpits.

So I may have been slightly jealous when I saw boobs that looked exactly like mine used to look. On a woman my age, no less.

On a woman, I'm pretty sure, who did not have them a few weeks ago.

Maybe she found the bra Holy Grail. Maybe that's what happens to her boobs when she gains a few pounds or gets preggo. Maybe she had implants. I don't know.

And while I do know who she is and she knows who I am (unfortunately), we're not on the kind of terms where I can say, "Oh my God, you stole the awesome boobs I had at 20! How?"

So I just stared like a 13 year old boy. Well, not really. There was no lust involved. It was envy. But I had all the finesse and class of a 13 year old. So it kinda works.

I know she saw me staring. I hope she thinks I'm just jealous and not that I'm having sexual fantasies about her. Not that there's anything wrong with having sexual fantasies about acquaintances, if that's your thing. But if I was having sexual fantasies about my acquaintances, I would never choose her.

(And why would I fantasize about acquaintances when Friday Night Lights will be back on in 2 days? And I can watch Curtis Stone on Celebrity Apprentice? And. . . uh, I think I'm getting off topic. )

I am sure I am blowing this out of proportion. Right?

7 comments:

VirtualSprite said...

Oh, yes. I've been gobsmacked by boobs myself. (Love that word, BTW.) I'm like WordVixen, too, only I haven't been able to stop myself. I'll just tell someone, which can make for some very uncomfortable situations.

TomPier said...

great post as usual!

Jade said...

I think all women that has boobs moving to the south ,east and west ,have boob envy. I have gone farther and asked random women the names of their doctors :)

cuz greg said...

I'm sure your boobs are perky and fine! By the way I saw the promo for Friday Night Lights yesterday and instantly thought of you

NotJustAnotherJen said...

Blown to a size C, I'd say. Or were they Ds that you were envying? While I would never spend the money on breast augmentation, I have to say that my SILs (you know the one with the bratty children) look really good on her. Maybe I'm having second thoughts. Because really, to get a good bra that keeps my girls looking decent is starting to cost a lot more.

soccermom said...

I think it is totally normal. I have two kids and my boobs were beyond awesome before kids.

Sadly now, not so much.

I find myself staring at women who have amazing boobs myself, out of jealousy. I hate that mine aren't what they once were and yet I refuse to pay to have them put back to the original position.

NotJustAnotherJen said...

Blown to a size C, I'd say. Or were they Ds that you were envying? While I would never spend the money on breast augmentation, I have to say that my SILs (you know the one with the bratty children) look really good on her. Maybe I'm having second thoughts. Because really, to get a good bra that keeps my girls looking decent is starting to cost a lot more.