Humble Pie can be hard to digest when you’re an OLD WOMAN

Just when I start feeling a little, erm, BIG for my britches (and not in a bad way), something comes along to bring me down a notch or two.

Like today. The fun started when CJ took to calling me “Old Woman.” I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. Somebody is getting one less birthday present! (What can I say… old women tend to be spiteful!)

And if that wasn’t enough, at yoga class this afternoon the instructor singled me out of a classful of people who are NOT EXACTLY FIT AS FIDDLES to say, “you are new at this, aren’t you. How many yoga classes have you taken anyway?” (heads swivel, eyebrows raise, snobbish thoughts begin). Is there a yoga pose called “Sinking into Floor”? If not, I think I’ve just invented it.

(sigh)

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14 Comments

  1. Has someone been reading him nursery rhymes? There was an old woman who lived in a shoe…

    Do you have a shoe fetish, Jenny? Is that what you’re really trying to tell us? =P

  2. Hahaha. I love the yoga pose!! Funny!

  3. Some gym instructors need to learn proper etiquette.

  4. Yikes! I think I may be too young and hip to read your blog anymore… Sorry. I AM only 28, you know.

  5. Very un-yogic of your instructor. Tsk, tsk.

    And if it makes you feel better, I am older than you!!

  6. Wow. Bad day. If it helps, my two-year-old decided to call me “Mother Pig” the other day. At least you’re still human (although it sounds like your yoga instructor isn’t).

  7. Oh dear. Old Woman….snort! That’s when I’d start the “am not. are too.” argument.

  8. Read my latest post….it might make you feel better! ;-)

  9. First off – bad CJ! Not nice! ;)

    What kind of instructor would say that? Why would they say that??? *shaking head* I really do not understand people!

  10. Oh no! lovely yoga instructor you’ve got! What happened to spreading peace and love?

  11. Reminds me of the tennis instructor who asked me if I’d ever taken ballet. “Yes, why?” I asked him. “You should really stick to that,” he said.

    As a 13 year old hearing that, he pretty much guaranteed I would never set foot on a tennis court again.

    But 13, 31, whatever … we’re not paying to be humiliated! What’s wrong with these instructors?

  12. You want me to put out a hit on your instructor? Meany!

  13. I can’t believe the yoga teacher called you out!
    The nerve!!

  14. Waaaay uncool of the yoga instructor.

    Ha! And the word verification for me right now is jerx. Yes, I think the yoga instructor was a jerk!