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A lot of the moms I am friends with on Facebook, so they know and are really cool about it. They "get it". I have also stopped talking about my "dance" class and make sure I use the terms exercise and fitness. When he was climbing the pole, I made sure to tell him all the different muscles he was using and making stronger. Thank you for your reply, Jacki C! 🙂
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My friends and I went to a strip club a few months ago. We were so bored. The place was dead. The girls on stage looked bored out of their minds. They didn't even look like they wanted to be there, even with a few drunk guys at the stage with $$. We started talking to one of the girls and told her we take classes. We were just there to check it out. Well, needless to say, she busted out every move in the book when she was up there. It was impressive. Then the other girls picked up their game when we started cheering and sitting at the stage tipping. Had to laugh when she told us she knew way more than our pole instructor and would only charge us a "small" fee for lessons.
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@chemgoddess1- Thank you so much for the info! I checked out your suggestions! Liked them on facebook, so I can stay up to date. I don't have any experience performing in front of an audience, so this would be a great start! 🙂
@jkpolegirl- Having a hard time finding current info for Polesque, but I'll keep looking. I checked out Body and Pole. Thank you! Looks awesome! Thinking about their summer camp in August! 🙂
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Sorry about that. I'm in the Buffalo/Rochester, NY area. The Polesque competition appeals to me a lot. I like combining the burlesque with the pole and, in essence, telling a story. But I don't know anyone who has competed, so I'm not sure how to even get started in competition.
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Thanks ladies! I appreciate the insight. I don't plan on doing any poling until next week. However, I'm going to try my exercise class tomorrow and we'll see how it goes. She does mostly upper body and core exercise, but if it's painful, I'll just stop. The pads he gave me seem to cushion it well when I wear shoes, just haven't tried exercise yet. 🙂
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@CapFeb P.S. I've been all over on the weight spectrum. I've been super skinny, very heavy and in between. And I was criticized at each stage. First I was "too heavy", then "too skinny" then, when I was in between it still wasn't good enough for some people. We forget what makes a person truly beautiful. We are conditioned to look at the outside and it took me a long time, even a long hard battle with depression and even an attempt at ending it all 18 yrs ago to realize that I am the only one who gets to define what beautiful means to me. No one else. Trust me, I am the last person to pass judgement on someone.
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@CapFeb-I totally agree. What I meant by REAL woman is that, sometimes people have a preconceived notion of what they think a REAL woman should be. We all come in different shapes and sizes. That's what is so beautiful. I honestly meant no disrespect. I just meant that women, regardless of shape or size, shouldn't be condemned for how they look. It's the heart and soul that make all of us REAL women.
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I've always been curvy and criticized for it. I think we are so bombarded with images that no one knows what a REAL woman looks like anymore. It's a lot easier to point a finger at someone else and try to call attention to what we think is a flaw. That way we don't have to look inward and fix what the real flaws are in ourselves. I know it's easier said than done, but rise above it and consider that she's probably having a hard time seeing someone so comfortable in their own skin. She's trying to cover up her own insecurities by making you look bad.
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I have policystic ovaries, so I have no choice but to be on the pill. I get HORRIBLE migraines because of the estrogen in the pill. I tried Mirena, but it didn't supress my ovaries enough so they were loaded with cysts. Painful and uncomfortable. Plus (and I've heard this from other women) the odor from the Mirena was disgusting and foul. I wouldn't even allow my husband near me because it was so bad. My doc put me back on the pill in addition to the Mirena and the odor went away. But my ovaries still would not cooperate. Needless to say I had it taken out and have stayed on just the pill. Sucks getting a period again, but my ovaries are back to "normal". Good luck on wahtever you decide.