Comments for formerlyhot.com http://www.formerlyhot.com The tween site for adults Sun, 26 May 2013 04:39:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Clog-a-log by Joel Jacobs http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/09/clog-a-log/comment-page-1/#comment-26980 Joel Jacobs Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:10:54 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3232#comment-26980 Her fault for being pushy. Glad you're back, Steph! Her fault for being pushy.

Glad you’re back, Steph!

]]> Comment on Why kids need to be mortified by Karen http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/09/why-kids-need-to-be-mortified/comment-page-1/#comment-26886 Karen Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:40:13 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3230#comment-26886 Heh--apparently great minds think alike! Today's post over on After the Kids Leave is about this very subject...except we address the issue as recent parents of teens. I think one of the greatest bonds between parent and child can be humour...and if that's not true, my kids and I are pretty much doomed. :) Heh–apparently great minds think alike! Today’s post over on After the Kids Leave is about this very subject…except we address the issue as recent parents of teens. I think one of the greatest bonds between parent and child can be humour…and if that’s not true, my kids and I are pretty much doomed. :)

]]> Comment on From BestLife.com by Joel Jacobs http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/06/from-bestlifecom/comment-page-1/#comment-26330 Joel Jacobs Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:24:37 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3228#comment-26330 Which, of course, begs the question of whether you need a hobby. Some people don't. I don't really have a hobby, though I seem to have a bunch I dabble in, without becoming passionate about any of them. Some of my friends think I need a hobby, lest I get restless with generic middle-aged restlessness. I think they're probably right, though I also think it would be useful for me to practice being without constant activity. I'm not generally one for quiet and calm. Does your lack of a hobby feel like a problem? Which, of course, begs the question of whether you need a hobby. Some people don’t.

I don’t really have a hobby, though I seem to have a bunch I dabble in, without becoming passionate about any of them. Some of my friends think I need a hobby, lest I get restless with generic middle-aged restlessness. I think they’re probably right, though I also think it would be useful for me to practice being without constant activity. I’m not generally one for quiet and calm.

Does your lack of a hobby feel like a problem?

]]> Comment on Success! by Yasmine Tuzzolo http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/04/success/comment-page-1/#comment-25862 Yasmine Tuzzolo Sun, 06 May 2012 10:22:33 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3226#comment-25862 I'm a better garden party planner than gardener! I’m a better garden party planner than gardener!

]]> Comment on Shape shifters by LPT http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/04/shape-shifters/comment-page-1/#comment-24991 LPT Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:30:39 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3210#comment-24991 I love how you phrased this: "actual looks don’t matter nearly as much as how you feel about how you look." I need to post this on my bathroom mirror or something to remind me of it. I'm not happy with my current weight, but even when I was at a weight I'd love to see again, I probably thought I'd be better if I lost a few. While I do want to get back to exercising, I need to keep in mind that it's more for how it makes me feel than how I will look. Sure that dress I pulled out from the back of the closet thinking I'd wear it Easter morning didn't fit, but by golly, it was more than 10 years old! After that much time, I deserve a new Easter dress that actually fits! And in that dress, I need to regain what a dear male friend told me back in college - it was never my looks that made me sexy, it was my confidence in myself. That's what I need to work on getting back more than my 20-year-old body. Thank you for the reminder! I love how you phrased this: “actual looks don’t matter nearly as much as how you feel about how you look.” I need to post this on my bathroom mirror or something to remind me of it.

I’m not happy with my current weight, but even when I was at a weight I’d love to see again, I probably thought I’d be better if I lost a few. While I do want to get back to exercising, I need to keep in mind that it’s more for how it makes me feel than how I will look. Sure that dress I pulled out from the back of the closet thinking I’d wear it Easter morning didn’t fit, but by golly, it was more than 10 years old! After that much time, I deserve a new Easter dress that actually fits!

And in that dress, I need to regain what a dear male friend told me back in college - it was never my looks that made me sexy, it was my confidence in myself. That’s what I need to work on getting back more than my 20-year-old body. Thank you for the reminder!

]]> Comment on Shape shifters by J http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/04/shape-shifters/comment-page-1/#comment-24757 J Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3210#comment-24757 I really think it's true, the secret to being beautiful is thinking you're beautiful (without being vain- the key is never holding looks as your MOST IMPORTANT attribute) The more you obsess over what you find ugly, the more people will see THAT when they look at you, whatever you draw attention to shows the most...(Perhaps the only good thing from the "tell them everything about them is amazing no matter what" mentality we were raised with haha)...I "faked it til I made it" hung on for dear life and managed to be genuinely happy in my own skin for large part of my existence =) I really think it’s true, the secret to being beautiful is thinking you’re beautiful (without being vain- the key is never holding looks as your MOST IMPORTANT attribute) The more you obsess over what you find ugly, the more people will see THAT when they look at you, whatever you draw attention to shows the most…(Perhaps the only good thing from the “tell them everything about them is amazing no matter what” mentality we were raised with haha)…I “faked it til I made it” hung on for dear life and managed to be genuinely happy in my own skin for large part of my existence =)

]]> Comment on And the beat goes on by Joel Jacobs http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/02/and-the-beat-goes-on/comment-page-1/#comment-23803 Joel Jacobs Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:45:00 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3196#comment-23803 I'm sure she'll be relieved to hear that at least Caffey didn't write "Our Lips Are Sealed." I’m sure she’ll be relieved to hear that at least Caffey didn’t write “Our Lips Are Sealed.”

]]> Comment on And the beat goes on by Dave http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/02/and-the-beat-goes-on/comment-page-1/#comment-23103 Dave Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:04:03 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3196#comment-23103 LOL! Good picture. What impressed me was that you knew the name of the lead guitarist of The Go-Go's! LOL! Good picture. What impressed me was that you knew the name of the lead guitarist of The Go-Go’s!

]]> Comment on The perceived safety of age by Jeannie http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/02/the-perceived-safety-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-22388 Jeannie Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:35:21 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3192#comment-22388 Ohhhh yeah the subway pervs. I'm certain that they do target young women who look like they won't make a peep. I don't think you can call someone who surreptitiously masturbates into a girl's handbag or on the back of her leg on a crowded train "brave." Ohhhh yeah the subway pervs. I’m certain that they do target young women who look like they won’t make a peep. I don’t think you can call someone who surreptitiously masturbates into a girl’s handbag or on the back of her leg on a crowded train “brave.”

]]> Comment on Breathe, Demi, breathe by Dave http://www.formerlyhot.com/2012/02/breathe-demi-breathe/comment-page-1/#comment-22367 Dave Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:28 +0000 http://www.formerlyhot.com/?p=3187#comment-22367 I faced a similar problem after graduating high school. I was a somebody there and afterwards I went to being a nobody. I even regretted turning 20 since, after all, I'm not a teenager anymore. Of course all that resolved itself over the years as other good things came into my life [wife, kids etc]. But I always worried about it resurfacing later in life. Well, I recently turned 50 [I can't beleive it either... ;)] and I'm living life like a teenager again! I'm quite enjoying life nowadays....so long as I can get to bed by 10pm! But this is something we all face, and I wish Demi the best in overcoming her anxieties since as you say, I too am on the other side of young and it's fantastic! I faced a similar problem after graduating high school. I was a somebody there and afterwards I went to being a nobody. I even regretted turning 20 since, after all, I’m not a teenager anymore. Of course all that resolved itself over the years as other good things came into my life [wife, kids etc]. But I always worried about it resurfacing later in life. Well, I recently turned 50 [I can't beleive it either... ;)] and I’m living life like a teenager again! I’m quite enjoying life nowadays….so long as I can get to bed by 10pm! But this is something we all face, and I wish Demi the best in overcoming her anxieties since as you say, I too am on the other side of young and it’s fantastic!

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