Middle-aged Maverick

An Uncanny Resemblance

Flashback Friday I’m wearing a grey tunic type shirt today. I used to have the same shirt but in orange because orange is my favorite color. I got these shirts for Christmas one year. Can’t remember if they came from Josh or his mom. I’ve had them a while. I can’t wear the orange one…

Flashback Friday

I’m wearing a grey tunic type shirt today. I used to have the same shirt but in orange because orange is my favorite color. I got these shirts for Christmas one year. Can’t remember if they came from Josh or his mom. I’ve had them a while.

I can’t wear the orange one anymore. In fact, I think I gave it away in a pile of clothes I donated to the Salvation Army or offered for free on NextDoor.

I had no choice. I had to give it away. One time, when I was a teacher, I wore the orange tunic to work. I had also blow dried my hair that morning because it was winter and I still believed that old wives’ tale about getting sick if you go out into the cold air with wet hair.

Apparently, the combination of the job I did on my hair, my thick brown glasses, and the orange tunic made my middle school students see a strong resemblance between me and Velma from Scooby Doo.

They weren’t wrong.

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5 responses

  1. traciekato Avatar
    traciekato

    Yep, I see it and I have to tell you I have had the same thing happen to me. My hair, my glasses at the time…all of it. I feel you.

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    1. cathymack62 Avatar
      cathymack62

      Apparently she was the best character on that show, but I don’t remember and I don’t think they meant it as a compliment, lol!

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      1. traciekato Avatar
        traciekato

        She was the smartest one on the show for sure. I don’t know if it is so much dig to be mean or just a little teasing. I never thought of it as mean.

      2. cathymack62 Avatar
        cathymack62

        Oh for sure. I think it was just teasing. Like how they always called me a boomer no matter how many times I tried to explain generations.

      3. traciekato Avatar
        traciekato

        I think I hate that more than anything. No, no…not a boomer.

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