{"id":505,"date":"2025-12-12T12:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/?p=505"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:10:58","slug":"my-daughter-in-law-tried-to-shame-me-for-dressing-my-age-she-got-a-surprise-she-didnt-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"My Daughter-In-Law Tried To Shame Me For Dressing My Age\u2014She Got A Surprise She Didn\u2019t Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light mycontentblock has-medium-font-size wp-duotone-blue-orange\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;min-height:118px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"186\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-198 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1024x186.png\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1024x186.png 1024w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-768x139.png 768w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1536x279.png 1536w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-2048x372.png 2048w, https:\/\/vibepress.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-04-at-2.47.25-PM-1-1320x239.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center my-cover-title has-ast-global-color-8-color has-ast-global-color-7-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-3eb9f664f2e38bb491851fc0019212ea\"><strong>My Daughter-In-Law Tried To Shame Me For Dressing My Age\u2014She Got A Surprise She Didn\u2019t Expect<br><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b89204058085ff22049096462f98b61c\">My DIL said I dress \u201cinappropriately\u201d when I\u2019m picking up my grandson. I told her it\u2019s what makes me feel good, and I thought it was over. That\u2019s why<strong> I was so shocked when, on my birthday, <\/strong>she gave me a cardigan and a pair of beige slacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    atOptions = {\n        'key' : '9e49f4ce267f7bab92bbdb38b733742b',\n        'format' : 'iframe',\n        'height' : 90,\n        'width' : 728,\n        'params' : {}\n    };\n<\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/brillianceremisswhistled.com\/9e49f4ce267f7bab92bbdb38b733742b\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7ef8ead80e1911a0146736decc9997b3\">Not even a nice cardigan, mind you. This thing looked like it came from a box labeled \u201cchurch basement sale.\u201d The tag still said \u201csenior style.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c8443347aa28944226d44a0ab8addb7f\">I held the outfit up and blinked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-97bc8b040c969a571631da943a73c404\">\u201cOh,\u201d I said, trying to keep the air light, \u201cIs this\u2026 for me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-36c41631edbd2d98d86f1e0078127405\">She smiled. A tight-lipped kind of smile. \u201cYes, I thought you might enjoy wearing something more appropriate when you come to the school. More\u2026 age-appropriate. Classy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cf26d7978a9554a6776187acb655d179\">My son shifted uncomfortably beside her. He knew me better. Knew I wasn\u2019t the pearls-and-tweed type. Knew I preferred bright scarves, big earrings, maybe even a bit of glitter on my eyelids when the mood struck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-216c1b05adfed47822181df46795273f\">I didn\u2019t raise my voice. Didn\u2019t throw the outfit back or storm off. That\u2019s not my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3918e9a833ae4620832e28203949c9eb\">Instead, I thanked her. And I mean it\u2014I truly did. Because in that moment, I decided I wasn\u2019t going to get upset. I was going to teach her something instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ab3538814cb88c5a6062f85ec802d81\">So I smiled back, just as tight-lipped, and said, \u201cI\u2019ll think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-db3aacbd95bcf3b8a9db5e6ed8bfabe5\">The truth is, I\u2019m seventy-one years old. My name is Rosie. I raised three kids on my own after my husband passed away when the youngest was ten. I\u2019ve been a florist, a waitress, a hospital receptionist, and even worked as a stand-in grandma for kids in foster care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8adf303a73f055a7ad63911e42d8e2f2\">You don\u2019t get through all that and come out still worrying what people think about your clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-73b5dcce33e692476b5273c0779913ca\">But my daughter-in-law, Michelle, is a different breed. She\u2019s thirty-four, works in tech, and seems to think Instagram likes are the same thing as self-worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5129939a9e64db9d612eadc07ea028e1\">Now, I love her. I really do. She\u2019s the mother of my grandson, Peter, who is the sunshine in my bones. But Michelle\u2019s got this idea that \u201crespectability\u201d is a uniform: neutral tones, quiet heels, not a sequin in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2860c1ca2c722c72804688749a3c1050\">So the next time I went to pick up Peter from school, I wore my usual outfit: a bright turquoise jacket I thrifted from a vintage store, skinny jeans, and my favorite \u201cgrandma boots\u201d with the embroidered flowers on the sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d7a4f5db50a8eb76841fdaa3c541d7c7\">And yes\u2014I wore eyeliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5d88b43f29836b7a2305329ae75a8e38\">Michelle wasn\u2019t there that day, but I made sure to take a selfie with Peter at the playground and sent it to our family group chat. He was grinning from ear to ear, his hair full of leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-535e99bc289cab33c5b6c6531ebe063c\">\u201cJust another adventure with Grandma Rosie!\u201d I wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96d3a1cd6f6d08ee1153dc5803092fb2\">I got a like from Michelle, no comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-93ea0d2ed6ad569b015675016c7f35aa\">I didn\u2019t expect this little back-and-forth to turn into a silent war, but it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8a77c0a6b7625d0f9d4222507d8fda50\">The next weekend, we were all at their place for dinner. I brought a homemade lemon meringue pie. While we ate, Michelle casually mentioned, \u201cI heard from another mom at school that someone thought Peter was being picked up by\u2026 a nanny. Because of the way you dress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-73e3c3edf75ca62d98c70a3a79582141\">I looked up. \u201cA nanny? That\u2019s funny. Most nannies are in their twenties. I\u2019ll take it as a compliment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-af9c6eb766007526dd1f03c2f9e3aded\">She didn\u2019t laugh. Neither did my son. He was staring at his plate like it owed him money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fe59526cd9e235a91c36d60fe5190efb\">\u201cPeople make judgments, Mom,\u201d he said softly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d24c65215f8deed368a7cbf7e3a6ad79\">\u201cLet them,\u201d I replied. \u201cI\u2019m not trying to impress anyone but my grandson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dd15e533414119c8e1251212cc3d896d\">Peter, bless his heart, leaned in and said, \u201cI like the way you dress, Grandma. You look like a superhero.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1faf2c4449a1c1fb125c86d858669cfb\">That shut everyone up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0bd2a999dd51ba2a278178babc4ab00b\">But things didn\u2019t die down. The next week, Michelle asked me to come in through the side door when I pick up Peter. \u201cJust while we sort things out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cbe5057a8bfdd0ad5c8fabb387b98a31\">Sort what out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ca3823ac4194b34adda4cc6695d5f86a\">I didn\u2019t argue. Again\u2014I don\u2019t believe in escalating. I believe in living my life as a quiet rebellion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18f5f576940f72127259c4f32ef817d5\">But here\u2019s where the twist comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b246c8f703598492fa6b3247a557c86\">A few weeks later, I got a message from one of the teachers at Peter\u2019s school. She\u2019s a young woman named Tanya. Sweet girl. She said she wanted to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-31ed8a5234755a57724f65a40c371d3d\">We met for coffee, and she looked nervous, almost embarrassed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a14e789e638d6f61605b33c24dc89fd1\">\u201cI hope this isn\u2019t inappropriate,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I just wanted to tell you\u2026 some of us at the school, we really admire you. The way you dress, the way you show up for Peter, your confidence. You remind some of us of who we want to become.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f39b4dd440782791a777081051a8fc98\">I blinked at her. \u201cYou\u2019re not joking?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-02d42b8f803e2a62acbb7791d8a03420\">She smiled. \u201cNot even a little.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-91c3715a39f143df51012ddde1189d05\">She went on to tell me that a few other moms had also taken notice\u2014women my age and younger. Some of them felt stuck, invisible, forgotten. And seeing me come in with joy in my step and color in my clothes gave them a little bit of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4335376c8857fc70a18c4aa4d20afcf5\">That night, I couldn\u2019t sleep. I kept thinking: what if the very thing Michelle thought was \u201cinappropriate\u201d was actually inspiring to other people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c0a4e06e7f6b598d5921bf255da80aa3\">That got me thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-87e5c7a820e874d60704bd704f0539e1\">I went into the back of my closet, pulled out an old sketchbook I hadn\u2019t touched in years. Back when the kids were little, I used to dream of designing clothes\u2014bright, bold clothes for women who didn\u2019t want to fade just because their hair did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-415496367161f138d2441920b14bedd0\">I never pursued it. Life got in the way. But suddenly, at seventy-one, I thought: why not now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f3b13937e7dc8cbc8564bcc22b33303d\">So I started small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4a9364e41403b2f6b99270de8a0f5763\">I designed one outfit. Just one. A flowing blouse with bright sunflowers stitched around the hem and wide, breathable pants in a deep burgundy. I wore it to the next school pickup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4464666fb99b4c19524908c8ca224c6a\">Peter said, \u201cWhoa! You look like a wizard!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-84748b0e2f6b8a9072e16b8832ec3763\">I laughed. \u201cA stylish wizard?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-709075ac9fce2ac13466f7c3f5a402c9\">\u201cThe best kind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9d33f02b076cf942a6eec1aa75847657\">To my surprise, two moms came up to me that day. One said, \u201cI just wanted to say, you always look like you\u2019re having a great time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-470fb9d6ba6f46f9b2ea3e1a064a35b6\">The other asked, \u201cWhere did you get that outfit?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d550a5ff452393fc7f84bfd590920dec\">That night, I set up an Instagram. My grandson helped me pick the name: @GlowWithRosie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-285349f4b7de39f59f7afa5724176c92\">I posted a picture of the sunflower outfit. Within a week, I had 500 followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05df6ddde1777354692b9450c8830626\">By the end of the month, 4,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f9c75698f37fc87bcf58efe765ab8067\">I started sewing again. Posted little videos with Peter\u2019s help. Some got shared. A few went viral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa6b515a8bee3eab9b95ae2f58722942\">One video, where I showed off five thrifted outfits styled my way, got picked up by a lifestyle blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5372dca3cd17a272ad9421d28b5f835\">That\u2019s when the emails started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d578ddac0713375aaf8c2354454744f3\">Women from all over saying, \u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7ca6d662b87bdfc1348b2a90ff9793f5\">One said, \u201cI\u2019ve been hiding since I turned fifty. I forgot I was allowed to feel beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c19cfeec13126c43997869094e17a36e\">Another: \u201cYou reminded me that I don\u2019t need permission to live boldly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-00c00a5a0fe219b50296289b9260ab09\">And then came the most surprising email of all. From Michelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b4b0ef1c6b6804936e230aeeb9801cac\">It read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53bc40af406d46443672f34b1fd32ae2\">\u201cRosie, I owe you an apology. I think I was projecting my own insecurities onto you. I\u2019m sorry for trying to make you smaller. Watching you grow this account, seeing how people respond to you\u2026 it\u2019s made me look at myself differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8b1e87fe157cfa2e7a396f1e1f98e0eb\">Would you help me pick something bold to wear? I think I\u2019m tired of hiding too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-733f4e37431f36561a57a23a6670b3aa\">That message made me cry. Not because I needed the apology\u2014but because she reached out with humility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e6b3f0cebffec21dcec87df2f8d4d06d\">So we went shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-59bc032052b3990bdab6afeceb278776\">Michelle tried on a deep red blazer, looked in the mirror, and said, \u201cI don\u2019t know who I am in this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4397f74922fee6cdd54489636d910ac1\">I said, \u201cThat\u2019s the fun part. You get to find out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5708cf108f358a9ba940614f71dc1755\">And slowly, something between us healed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f4f8ad48da6b8311b1f4b545f0644d0b\">She even started helping me with the online store I eventually launched. Nothing big\u2014just a few pieces, all handmade. Sold out in the first week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-742a348c49f88677cbfc82296adc1c30\">Now, we do some of the videos together. She calls them \u201cGlow Tips with Rosie &amp; Shel.\u201d Peter sometimes joins too, showing off his little funky socks and dance moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5d51ef1e2b18bf685fa026851556d24\">We still disagree, sure. But now we do it with more grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-da1661429a88a2aec0fe64e1a6523450\">Michelle told me one night, over tea, \u201cI think I was afraid. You were so free, and I didn\u2019t know how to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7fd00e292bb2e3ef8237abdac4d5c456\">And I told her, \u201cFreedom doesn\u2019t mean having no fear. It means dancing anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d361ee280dfb71b14355d47e40d1adac\">That\u2019s the real heart of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a0e4dad97b30d0288f95d94b38727ecb\">Too many women shrink as they age. We get quieter, we fade into the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-79f396a84475df5867d03949d370854f\">But I say\u2014paint yourself in joy. Wear yellow. Wear feathers if you like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c42446e93120f9fbc0a5fc16789290ec\">Laugh loud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1fdf01f4e5b652cf1de14225e340736a\">Pick up your grandson in sequins if it makes him smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e7609f8bcd23675cf4c587676967da9\">I\u2019m not saying clothes are everything. But I do believe that how you show up in the world says something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-51389a1e7973eb9c816764d1a461f5b5\">And I choose to say: I\u2019m here. I matter. I\u2019ve still got glow in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d0d7e66f9acb37e4200d0076c0b6620c\">So if you\u2019ve ever been told you\u2019re too old, too loud, too much\u2014remember this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92defabab77ccbcc8338668ea0864ecb\">You\u2019re not too anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0fd283aa6c83c41aba71878826fe4a35\">You\u2019re just right for someone who needs to see a woman living in full color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f1c4cf00d7957bf25b3e1ee6fe8ac832\"><strong>Share this with a friend who might need the reminder. And if you\u2019ve ever felt like you had to shrink to fit someone else\u2019s idea of who you should be\u2014leave a comment. 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