I grew an ass.
And with that came attitude.
I didn’t notice it before but I think the past few months in Buenos Aires have really been months of personal growth for me. Both in terms of my derrière and in the way I feel about myself and present myself.
In North American culture the goal seems to be to have no ass, or any curves at all for that matter. My loved ones up here seem surprised at how excited and proud I am to have something back there to sway when I walk or dance. I guess it has something to do with living in Latin America where the woman’s body is celebrated in a different way than up north. I find myself excited to shop for new additions to my wardrobe that will show off an hourglass figure. Basta with these clothes that “slim” us down, making us look more masculine and less natural. I feel more Sophia Loren than ever.
With the new culo came a boldness to the way I walk, the way I present myself. I walked into the internet cafe in Seattle today with my new Buenos Aires strut, and loud high-heeled boots that click-clacked on the floor as I made my way to my table. It is so quiet in here but I think I’m doing everything so loudly and with such spice, from the way I settle into my chair to the way I set my cup of coffee down on the table. I’m not doing anything halfway. World, I am here!
Everyone else in the room is just quiet. Staring at their computer screens, trying not to look at me. I feel a little odd not hearing anyone hiss, “che, hermosa!”… though it’s also kind of nice to be left alone. I’m probably a bit much for these reserved people. But, so be it.
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Hola compañera de depto,
your last post gave me a lot to laugh about… so BA not only changed your way of thinking, but you physics too.
you do not only miss BA, but BA misses you too!
Un beso
Jan
Brava Cara….How fab of you to strut your stuff lady lovely….I love it!! It is the way it should be!! bacio
As much as I try to be slim and feel the most attractive when I’m really skinny, I envy your curves with all my heart. With curves comes a special air of femininity and sensuality that I can never have with this straight, boyish body of mine.
Enhance it, flaunt it, wear it with pride cara, because an hourglass figure is the most beautiful kind there is.
I embraced my curves ages ago, as they wouldn’t let me do otherwise. So now I just live true to the motto “When You got it, flaunt It”:-)
Cheers to that! (Although, I’ve found some parts of the US are more accepting of curves than others.)
Sincerely,
A Curvy North American Woman
I perfected the cinnamon buns this weekend, so when you come home, get your culo over here for culo enhancing facturas and mate!
In the U.S. it is called a booty in which your 53-year-old aunt has had all her life & has had fun workin’ it!!
“che, hermosa…” that’s what my lover calls me in the morning, when he is waking me up. and every other second of the day.
tina, i want a culo!!!
this consistently wispy frame of mine has made me abandon the dream of being a sophia loren type beauty a long time ago, and will have to settle for other things, like my pretty shoulders, or my pretty ankles… bleh.
niña, strut your culo for all those poor stick figures like me!!!
You got that from my side of the family…Ass is good stomach is not (I’m working on both still). But none of it means that you can’t enjoy life, which I think you are definitely not letting your ass get in the way of your enlightenment! lv.mom
Tina, what a fun and awesome post. How exciting to see such changes in how you appreciate yourself.
I think you should consider offering workshops to the women of America!
Fantastic! I also have been blessed with a bubble butt - it took me a while to embrace it, but now I wear pencil skirts and waist-cinching belts.
And I also love to wear high heels that go clickety-clack when I walk - isn’t the way that they announce your presence great?
Congratulations for growing an ass! Any instructions available how to get one? Many os us flat-assed women would be happy to have something behind. If I put any weight on, it just accumulates on stomach and there goes the waistline too..sigh:)
Wow, thanks for all the comments!
I want to say as a side note that though I’m excited about my booty, it’s REALLY important that we take care of ourselves.
I got up to the United States to be reminded that there is an obesity epidemic in the U.S. AND an anorexia epidemic! What’s up with all of that?
Let’s take good care of ourselves - enjoy our food, eat REAL food, drink water, sip red wine, go for walks every day, dance lots of tango, end embrace life.
Culo or no culo, I feel very fortunate to have the health that I have.
I am having a “feeling big” kinda day, and your post made me feel so much better.
There are too many temptations here–esp. medialunas. How can I resist!
Such a good point! Being confident, healthy, and content with what you’ve got is the most attractive thing anyway.
And eating good real food (and drinking some delicious wine) doesn’t hurt either.
You have a great attitude Tina and I wish we as women would not put so much pressure on ourselves to be something that we are not! I wish the attitude to voluptuosness was more readily accepted in Italy. I’m a size 12 but it seems that any clothes you find in the shops are made for those who have the figure of a pre-pubescent teen. I had a fairly confident body image before leaving Australia and I’m quite fit - in Italy I now feel like a overweight cow!!!
Attitudes need to change here in Italy!
Anyway I feel better now having said that
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