Gabrielle
I have arrived at a time and place in my life where I can honestly say
that life is grand. It's taken awhile. I've learnt so much about what
really matters and it is those things I live by. I haven't compromised
myself or my ideals to suit society's expectations for years. I'm proud
of me. I've come of age and am thankful that my Mum's advice was, on the
whole, fair and right. She's a champion.
I'm over 40, childless, independent and happily able to look after
myself. I have proved that you can be happy, successful and interesting
without being a fool, dishonest, cruel or as an adjunct to someone else.
I hope for us all but it's tempered with a degree of cynicism aimed
mostly at big business, politicians and religious "leaders." It's
notable that these organisations tend to be dominated by men. I don't
hate men but I wish they'd get over their
testosterone-throbbing-tantrums though and hear and include the other
half of the human population more. Men do not represent, control or lead
me. Women, as a group, don't either. I do. I can and have learned from
both sexes but it's been my own choice to accept or reject what others
have to say.
I have been known to read the trashy magazines at the hairdresser's to
see what "they" think women are all about. The pithy, out-of-touch and
quite pointed sexism of the media is a curio to me. Who gets that stuff?
I don't. I prefer to live my own reality where the challenges are
real--like my wrinkles.
Yes! I want to read more from Real Life Heartless Bitches
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