"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> lol, i was twelve before i knew clothes came from a store... i knew
> underwear and socks came from sears, at christmas of course, and i knew in
> some of the farm stores there were bibs and coats... but until the first
> year i went to the school for the blind i had no idea clothes came from
> anywhere but
> -hand me downs from relatives
> -yard sales
> -my grandmothers and an aunt sewed them...

I thought most clothes came from Sears or somebody made them. My mom did a
lot of sewing. We had a department store called Everybody's. I do remember
going in there many times but I don't think we ever bought anything from
them.

I always wished I could get hand me downs but that never worked. I was sooo
tall and thin that nothing fit me. I had older cousins but I was taller
than they were. Then at about age 10 I got a hand me down bra. I was sooo
happy until I realized it wouldn't fit. The girl who gave it to me was thin
but I was still thinner. That's when I discovered the mall and all the
stores contained within. We did have a local mall but it was a dinky little
thing. My mom took me to Northgate (now a dinky mall in comparison to some
others) to the 5/7/9 shop which was recommended to her. Alas I was too
skinny even for size 5. We went from shop to shop only to be told there
were no bras in my size. I haven't a clue what my bust measurement was but
I had an 18" waist. What I wound up getting was a set of panties and bra in
yellow. The bra was just sort of like a cut off undershirt in a stretchy
fabric. I got made fun of for wearing the yellow panties. As I was
changing for gym a girl shouted out, "Hey! Did you pee your panties?" But
then later that week she wore green nail polish. So I asked her if she had
been picking her nose? She stopped making nasty comments to me.

I am very glad kids can't behave that way in school today. Not here anyway.
Sure I suppose good friends might make such comments to one another but in
general it is not allowed. They can expel a kid for making comments like
that to others.