<p>Here I thought I was the only one with a pixie cut! AMAZING! And only MOWC liked hers and found it flattering. (Always knew you were one in a million, MOWC.) My cat eye glasses were brown.</p>
<p>A few years back we watched the family slides at my parents’ house. From age 6 to 16, I should have just lived in a cave. I really can’t believe my mother allowed me to look so horrible. Hair, glasses, clothes. Just horrible. At 17, I started to “cute up” and date. (Maybe that was my parents’ plan…keep me horrific looking for as long as possible so I wouldn’t date.)</p>
<p>Man, I hated my Pixie haircut, and my hair has only been short once in my adult life - my H hated it, so it’s never been shorter than shoulder length since. In fairness to my mom, I think she wanted to spare me having to sit still and have my hair combed into finger curls like she did in the 30s and 40s, or she just didn’t want to be bothered … probably a combination of both. I broke away from it as soon as I could.
Missypie - my mom did her damndest to keep me horrible looking as long as she could. She hated the fact that I was a girly-girl and wanted to wear makeup, nylons, etc. She wanted a straight-A student tomboy and that was absolutely not me. I’m an adoptee and my mother and I are a very poor match personality-wise. She was (and is) a good mother, but growing up as her daughter was very difficult.</p>
<p>My mom was 37 when I was born. I have sibs seven and ten years older. So when I was 6, they were 13 and 16. I guess Mom’s plate was full and giving me the pixie gave her one less thing (managing my hair) to deal with,lol.</p>
<p>I think my mom wanted me to look like Judy Garland, Liza Minelli and Twiggy…their hair cuts were sort of pixies.</p>
<p>OK…did any of you have those sweater clips? You know…you used them on cardigan sweaters…two clips hooked together by a chain that looked like a necklace. Bleh.</p>
<p>oh my gosh yes…and their cousins, the button covers, remember those? had some fancy ones to make my white blouse “dressier” and some cowboy ones for line-dancing nites. looked esp. good with my hot pink silky walking shorts and matching giant hairbow.</p>
<p>also had this “garter-looking” thing that you could put in the back of a full-shaped blouse or vest to give yourself a waistline.</p>
<p>I can barely recover from my memories of the awful “pixie.” When Twiggy came out I tried the Sasoon cut once – as awful as the Pixie. My mom always had short hair so I gave it one more try.</p>
<p>footballmom: I am not adopted but a very poor match with my mom. She has always loved and wanted opposite things from me. She’s a group oriented approval seeking conformist, and I’m a bit of a loner, maverick and rebel. Ah yes. Good time, good times. She didn’t even like my academic success. Why would anyone want to read a book when they could gossip on the phone? was her idea. Though I was from planet Krypton for getting a PhD and forging an academic career.</p>
<p>And now going way back, does anyone remember poppets? They were plastic, fake pearl beads that fit into each other to make necklaces? The came in white, pink and blue.</p>
<p>At least my mom knew they were ugly and just to play with. My aunt always had her daughters’ portraits taken wearing them.</p>
<p>I remember poppets, but they belonged to my older sister. I think ours were pink. </p>
<p>Mythmom, et al, I had the same differences with my mom, although not at the doctorate level. She was glad I made good grades, but clearly disappointed with my looks. Mom was a beauty queen and two sisters were thin. I wore “chubbie” sizes until Mom finally got me to Sears where the “Juniors” department opened a whole new world. Rural Texas was brutal for a pre-teen.</p>
<p>(Oh, my cat-eye glasses were white and silver.)</p>
<p>Oh eggmom, I can relate to that too. My mom thinks it’s an affront to her that I’m big busted, which she is not. She likes “tailored” – think blazers and little scarves. Blazers are not best with DD’s.</p>
<p>I need more flowing clothes. She finds this tacky and unfashionable.</p>
<p>I don’t like the feel of tailored clothes any way, though they look good with her and her short hair.</p>