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In case you were wondering when it IS appropriate to say, "You're in such good shape...beautiful,".. (Original Post) HAB911 Jul 2017 OP
True ... with one addition KPN Jul 2017 #1
Especially on your 40th anniversary! Sancho Jul 2017 #9
HAH!!!! Sugar Smack Jul 2017 #2
especially when what you really mean is mopinko Jul 2017 #3
Appropriate ToxMarz Jul 2017 #4
Let me point out that it happens a lot when you are in your late 60's and 70's. LiberalArkie Jul 2017 #5
from what i heard on orleans Jul 2017 #6
Woman to Woman? HockeyMom Jul 2017 #7
A woman to woman comment, I agree iluvtennis Jul 2017 #11
One other appropriate situation: forgotmylogin Jul 2017 #8
Or to one's own significant other/romantic partner IronLionZion Jul 2017 #10
IMO his vision is so bad, he was mocking his wifes slightly less slender arms & legs. Sunlei Jul 2017 #12
What you could say to FLOTUS Michelle Obama SCVDem Jul 2017 #13
The rest of his (trump's) comment went unspoken....but Grammy23 Jul 2017 #14
Amen to that!! OldRedneck Jul 2017 #16
I think we're probably in a state of denial about aging. Grammy23 Jul 2017 #17
and in case we forgot what kind of deceptive turd the so called president is elmac Jul 2017 #15
I was reading a story about the Pres and Mrs. Pres returning from their whirlwind trip Grammy23 Jul 2017 #18

LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
5. Let me point out that it happens a lot when you are in your late 60's and 70's.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 11:35 AM
Jul 2017

I am almost 70 year old man and a nurse would not believe me and I had to show her my DL. Having aspergers we do not age as fast as normal people. I would see it as a complement.

orleans

(33,987 posts)
6. from what i heard on
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 11:42 AM
Jul 2017

basic cable news--this apparently didn't phase or bother people/the press in paris.

it just bothered us. go figure.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
7. Woman to Woman?
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 11:47 AM
Jul 2017

Absolutely not. That would be viewed as the ultimate compliment. I WISH I looked like you.

forgotmylogin

(7,496 posts)
8. One other appropriate situation:
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:18 PM
Jul 2017

You are a hired personal trainer in charge of helping someone (male or female) get into good shape and are happy with your client's progress.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
12. IMO his vision is so bad, he was mocking his wifes slightly less slender arms & legs.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:31 PM
Jul 2017

the p(R)esident is a LARGE TEXT man. everything is a blur, an outline at arms distance.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
13. What you could say to FLOTUS Michelle Obama
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:41 PM
Jul 2017

As you are signing her healthy kids legislation.

Followed up with a comment on her being a role model and inspiration for our youth.

Everything else from the orange blob is sexist and trumpian.

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
14. The rest of his (trump's) comment went unspoken....but
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:43 PM
Jul 2017

what he really meant and just blurted out without thinking about it was...."For an old gal of your age, you've held up pretty good." She is, in fact, older than her husband by quite a bit. They have the same age difference as tRump and Melania do. When men get younger wives, people tend to say... Way to go. Wink, wink.... But if a woman gets a younger spouse she is a cradle robber or a hussy. Heaven forbid if she dresses nicely in a youthful outfit and has the hairstyle of a much younger woman. We put people in boxes and tell a woman that longer hair looks silly. Or she is grasping at holding on to her youth.

Speaking as a woman who is now a senior citizen, being Older is no bed of roses. You are more vulnerable to the maladies of the world and statistically more likely to be dealing with things like heart disease and cancer. If being fit and "in good shape" helps hold some of those things at bay, who could blame Brigitte for keeping fit and trim?

But tRump being tRump, we know what was the unspoken portion of his commentary on Ms. Macron's physical appearance. He values good looks above all else, especially in women. Their value to him plummets once they start to show age. He exempts himself from this critique or has deluded himself into believing the orange make up and phony hair have restored his youthful appearance. But most of us can see he ain't fooling anybody. He is a 71 year old man in the body of an 85 year old. He is reaping years of inattention to his own physical well being while at the same time declaring himself as the ultimate judge of the fairer sex. So when he tells Brigitte she is in good shape, somehow he thinks that observation reflects on his good taste in women. I guess by now Melania is used to it.

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
16. Amen to that!!
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 12:54 PM
Jul 2017

You say "Speaking as a woman who is now a senior citizen, being Older is no bed of roses."

Well, I'm a 73-yr-old guy. Getting old is not for sissies. Young folks don't believe it until it happens to them.

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
17. I think we're probably in a state of denial about aging.
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 01:52 PM
Jul 2017

Then one day, getting up from a chair, we involuntarily grunt or groan. We might even think..."where did THAT come from?" It comes on you gradually until you look in the mirror and see your grandmother or grandad peering back at you. No one thinks they will truly be old until it hits them up side of the head like a 2 x 4. 😳😜😵

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
18. I was reading a story about the Pres and Mrs. Pres returning from their whirlwind trip
Sat Jul 15, 2017, 01:59 PM
Jul 2017

to Pair-eeee. There were all these glowing comments about how much they LUV, LUV, LUV tRump and how happy they are he is back. Ad nauseum. One tribute after another. Finally, it dawned on me....maybe these are as fake as the John Barron phone calls to promote tRump in the past. How hard would it be to pay someone to do nothing but post fake tributes to Dear Leader on Facebook?? It certainly gives the impression that he has millions of adoring fans waiting to kiss his ample ass. And it fits his playbook perfectly.

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