What's Curvaceous?

It's all in the way ya eye that doughnut!

I’ve been called curvaceous, but I’m not sure how to take that. Is it a compliment to be worn proudly, or does it mean I should pull out the old running shoes and find my membership card to the gym? I gotta wonder what men think when they see the famous paintings of nudes by the impressionists like Rubens or Botticelli. I guess full-figured women were really the rage then. Gee, if that’s the case I probably would have been a big hit in their calendar pinups. I could just hear them now “Hey Sandro, get a load of the rolls on Miss March!”  

     Curves were supposedly a sign of wealth and stature. Well, if one is voluptuous, as in ‘fatter-than-the-baby-Jesus' voluptuous, I think I was born in the wrong century. I guess it doesn’t really matter how much a person weighs because 170 lbs. on one person may look totally different on someone else. I think it’s downright intimidating to go to an amusement park, for instance, and have the carnie say, “I’ll guess your weight for a dollar.” (When the guy got it right, I wanted my money back!) Women shouldn’t worry so much about weight, but whether we say it or not, it’s probably always in the backs of our minds. We need to learn to be happy with who we are, not how much we weigh or how tall or short we are. Still, I don’t know where the term curvaceous came from but I’d venture to say it’s Latin for you’ve had enough pie. 

© 2020 Mari' Emeraude

Reviews

[James Eichenlaub]

Well done! The most difficult person to love is ourselves! Of course, there are those ones that prove that statement to be a lie! The one who truly loves us will not love us for what we are...but for what we think we are.

[Mari' Emeraude]

Hey, that's a good sentiment! Thanks for reading.

[emmajoygreen]

Last line - BRILLIANTLY grin-makng and don''t doubt, probably possibly true. Your thoughts, words, humour should be bottled. Failing that, take over the planet and show what laughing at yourself can do to the mind and corporate funny bones. Dear goodness, our world would be a happier place in that happened. Please find an agent!

[Mari' Emeraude]

Aww bless you!

[emmajoygreen]

Go stand for election.. make the world a happier place. Will be tea or wine lady!

[Gee]

Curvaceous is good:) If ever a famine the skinny ones would be gone first, no reserves to sustain them. Guess at 5' 10" and 220+lbs I'm curvaceous too :))

[Mari' Emeraude]

Thanks for reading, Gee. Ya got a point, there! lol