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Word of the Day: Fit in
Have you ever wondered how weird life is?
I mean, we spend our youth trying to fit in, and then one day, when we’re older, it doesn’t seem to matter anymore.
To fit in means to be a part of a group.
Humans are social creatures.
We feel a need to fit in with those around us, both in looks and dress.
For the young generation, it’s essential to have the right haircut, a fashionable smartphone, or follow whatever food trend is popular at the moment.
They just won’t fit in with their friends if they don’t.
The younger generations are obsessed with belonging to a group.
To be a part of the group, you have to look like a part of the group.
My wife and I were at the hospital last Thursday.
I saw something there which inspired this post.
An older lady was pushing an elderly lady in a wheelchair.
I suppose the lady in the wheelchair was about ninety years old, and the one pushing about seventy.
They were talking and joking with each other as they waited for their turn to see the doctor.
Then, the younger lady’s husband walked in.
He had probably been parking the car.
My wife and I had to concentrate hard not to laugh because this guy had such a high waist that when he sweat under his arms, his belt got wet.
This gentleman stuck out like a sore thumb and did not fit in with how other people dress.
It’s rather funny, and it may happen to me too, but the older some men become, the higher they wear their pants.
I know it’s not only in Japan that older men wear high-waisted pants.
Take a trip down to Florida, and you’ll see Canadian snowbirds with high waists everywhere.
Perhaps it’s a way for them to fit in.
High-waisted pants could be a rite of passage.
It says I don’t need to fit in anymore; I’m old enough not to give a damn about my high waist anymore, so why should you?
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