I have lost track of the times I have heard those words come out of my mouth. Not really wanting to know the answer but asking it anyway. But, the other day my husband uttered those same words. Let me explain.
I have grown accustomed to my husband saying, "Does this lipstick and eyeliner look good on me." We are involved in our local theater group; he's an actor and I do costume design. When performing on stage he has to wear makeup, if he doesn't the lights make him look dull. So, over the last three years he has found his perfect shade, Frosted Raspberry. So, for him going a little outside his comfort zone is fine.
Oh, I forgot to mention he is a high school teacher. He tries to be involved with the various things going on at the school and believes sometimes it is necessary to act it up a bit for a good cause. This year the students came up with a brilliant idea for raising money to support, The Terry Fox Run.
If the students could raise $200.00 then two of the male teachers would wear dresses to school. Now, for some reason Peter and the other science teacher were asked to do it. They both accepted and the fundraising began. Thursday, he announced to me that the fundraising goal had been met and he would be wearing a dress to school on Friday.
At dinner Thursday night we told our daughters about the fundraising goal and the fact that their dad would need some help picking out a dress and some shoes for tomorrow. They were excited about the idea, after supper they went upstairs and gathered Natalie's dresses for Dad to try on. We have discovered that he is not a size 12.
He tried on a few dresses and some nice black heels. Yes he asked,"How do women walk in these all day?" Yeah, wait till he has to struggle into the pantyhose.
In the middle of the fashion show he notices a visitor approaching the house. It's Deb, our local librarian and another one of the thespians from our local theater company. He decided to greet Deb in a lovely white and blue flowered number. When Deb opened the door and saw him standing there in a dress, she burst out laughing. We quickly explained the reason.
Well, in the end he settled on a lovely black halter dress, rhinestone necklace and some sensible black shoes. He is happy to have done his part to raise money for such a worthwhile cause.
Oh, yeah. No the dress did not make him look fat and our 14 year old said, "Dad you have great legs."
Peter and I do what we can to raise money for certain organizations. In the past three years I have participated in the MS Walk in Sudbury, Race Run Walk for Diabetes, Run for the Cure and canvassed for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. These are all great reasons for me to lace up the running shoes and hit the pavement. Peter participates in raising money for Terry Fox. Please support these organizations when you can. Links will be posted on my blog
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