The final title of my book (unless, of course, it changes again) is…drumroll, please…
MY FORMERLY HOT LIFE: DISPATCHES FROM JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUNG
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Great line
IVY WROTE: I'd get attention from guys in their 20s and tell them, "Look, I'm not interested in adopting."
The circle of life
TRAYCIE WROTE: My mom was (and still is) petite. We wore the same size when I was in high school in the early 1980's. She used to pass really cute clothes or shoes over to me by saying "It's too young for me". Now, here in 2012, I find myself passing on some of the cutest clothes by saying "It's too young for me". Dammit!
Love this post! from Autumn
This blog is my story, all over. I am a Formerly Hot blonde..always the 'pretty one' in the family, never lacking for attention or dates. Fast forward...I'm now 42, mother of four blonde blessings, and yes....going through a totally-typical divorce. The funny thing is...during a fifteen-yr abusive marriage, I was brought so low that I had completely 'let myself go' (and I despise that saying!) Now that I'm free, I'm finally strong enough to take the time and effort to take care of ME...haircuts, highlights, tanning, whitening my teeth...and eating healthfully and exercising, of course. I had become so accustomed to being virtually invisible during my thirties that the scant attention I now still receive from men just absolutely floors me! Ah, it's good to find that girl again. Yes, the men paying attention are my age or older, but that's as it should be, and fine with me! Ladies, you're still hot...just hot now to a different demographic. Embrace it: it's not gone! :)
Perspective, people
CATHY WROTE: I just read your book and appreciated it, though I can't really relate. Not only am I 15 years older than you, I was never hot. I have a mild case of cerebral palsy; while I can, thank God, walk and talk, I limp and my right arm swings like a broken tree branch. When I shop for clothes, style doesn't count. Can I get into it by myself? Will these shoes support my right ankle?
A classic, truly
WENDY WROTE: I'm strangely not embarrassed to admit that my FORMERLY moment involves a velour jogging suit, fleece-lined crocs, a bird store...and Cheerios.
Agree?
QUEEN WROTE: There comes a time in your life when u suddenly realize that you are not cute anymore. You are still pretty and more secure, hopefully more intelligent and secure, but you just don't turn heads the way you used to. But its not because you became ugly, I believe there are beautiful and ugly in young and old.
Relief, of a kind
KIKI WROTE: Finally! I don't get hit on all the time. It's kind of nice to be able to go to the store and be checked out (no pun intended) without the clerk asking me if I've got a boyfriend. D
Olivia d’Abo was the hot older daughter!
JULIE WROTE: The AmeriCorps (2o-something) in my office were discussing dopplegangers. I remarked that I was never really told I look like anyone-oh, except for the sister on the Wonder Years (Olivia d'Abo character)...to which the reply (nonsnarky, just curious) was..."don't you mean the mom?" What???
HILARIOUS
CHRISTINE WROTE: ...Last year my 13 year old step daughter wore my dress to a birthday party. I told my friends the story and one of the husbands replied, "that was a farewell dress. Farewell to size 4."
9-year-old fashion tips
LAURA WROTE: My 9 year old daughter, who knows everything, informed me that I was too old to even think about wearing a bikini or even a two piece. She informed me that tankini's were OK because they covered my flabby parts and made it easy for me since I have to go to the bathroom so much (bladder sling surgery in 3 months.)
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Nay. Fundamentally changes the meaning. You really think your LIFE was formerly hot?
Why not go with “Formerly Hot” instead of My Formerly Hot Life”? It’s not like anybody’s read your blog. The phrase will be new to them.
Other possibilities:
Not As Young As I Used to Be
Youth Sleeps in a Deep Sleep.
(Stole that one from Soft Cell.)
Formerly
Formerly: DISPATCHES FROM JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF YOUNG
You’re Only As Old As You Are
At Least I’m Not Dead (and Other Virtues of Aging in America)
Well, I’m Aging
I’m Not 20 Anymore
I like! Clever and catchy and direct. I do think you mentioned another title that I liked just as much though?
Yeah? This is the final title selection? I am not 100% sure of the original wording that you told me the title would be, but, I like the earlier one better, THAT I remember. I don’t like this one as much. It is hard on the tongue and not as memorable, with that shorter punch. Do you know what I mean? Your LIFE is not the formerly hot part, exactly, it’s mostly the physical body changes and level of raw attractions so I like just formerly hot without any other clarifiers since it seems more open for each person to fill in any ____ with what they wish and leaves the room for ANY individual thoughts as well as pique interest by saying formerly hot ___? to get the person to pick up the book and investigate further!
My preference is Formerly Hot: Dispatches from…. FH is your brand and tag line where you wax poignantly about “the other side of young” (because anything over 30 has been reinvented as the new 20, these days) just fits!
I have to say I liked the other title you told me (FH,FC). But hey, this one’s good too.
(you asked) I agree with FH instead of MFHL, for the reasons others have stated (matches blog, catchier, shorter). I have a theory about the long colon-separated title….basically the part after the colon may expound at length, but the first part must be pithy.
I also like “youth” over “young”. I think the latter mostly connotes chronological time passage while “youth” includes a bevy of character traits (e.g., recklessness!) and lack of experience. At least my reading of FH is that you point out many lost perks (hah, snickering at my own word choice) of being young, but ultimately they are dwarfed and ridiculed by the benefits of being older.
I agree 100% with Heather. “Formerly Hot: Dispatches…” is much more catchy and something I would immediately connect with your blog.
Well most of the other commentors seem to be in on the discourse, but I think the title is too long and, I think Formerly Hot is much better than My Formerly Hot Life.
But mere amateurs never choose titles. What does your publisher say?
I agree with many of the above commentors that FH is much catchier than MFHL. You are the formerly, not your life. Your life is still rockin along.
Of course there is always Formerly Hot / Futurely Not: Dispatches on Where I’ve Been and Why I’m Leaving. Okay, okay, that one is not so good. Give me one more stab at it
Formerly Hot: Dispatches from the edge of my impending supernova.
Gosh, your job is a hard one! I’m just thrilled to have found your blog and appreciate you giving us forum to chime in occasionally. Thanks!