Slices of Life: More of The Third Annual “Belmont Women Speak”

By Lisa Gibalerio

Here’s the second half of the third annual Belmont Women Speak – quotes I’ve overheard around town over the past year. Enjoy.

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That Sinking Feeling: “It’s challenging to figure out if I’m always just a little bit sick, or if this is what middle age is supposed to feel like.”

Hair Today, Grey Tomorrow: “I’ve been concerned about how much grey hair I’m getting, but I see that you seem to be okay with all of yours.”

Most Annoying Heat Wave Quote: “When it’s this hot, I simply have to remind myself to eat.”

On the Other Hand: “When it’s this hot, I have to remind myself that I really am in favor of strict gun control.”

Those Pesky Teens: “Not only am I perfectly okay with the high school using breathalyzers at all their events, we’re considering purchasing one for our house.”

Small-Town Woes 2: “Why is it that every time I meet a guy for coffee at Starbucks, half the town pops in – just then – for their caffeine fix?”

It’s All Relative: “My cancer is not a tragedy.  What happened in Newtown is a tragedy.  If you need to cry, cry for those families.”

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking: “Pardon me while I do a little parenting, 21st Century style.” (takes out her cellphone and begins some serious texting…)

Prom Observations: “The kids were absolutely fine after the Prom. It’s the parents who were sloshed.”

Varying Standards: “It doesn’t count as dirty laundry in our house unless it has food debris on it.”

Those Pesky Husbands: “If given the choice between kid duty or working, my husband always chose to work.”

Some Are Worse Than Others: “If given the choice between kid duty or working, my husband always chose to take a nap.”

Facts of Mid-Life: “We’ve reached an age where Life is starting to feel like ‘the time spent between funerals’.”

Car Pool Quid Pro Quo: “Car pooling has gotten so awful, I am now offering up sex to get out of taking my turn … . Of course with just my husband! For now anyway.” 

Retirement Fears: “I don’t care if you guys are all there with me – I don’t want to be working at Shaws when I’m 70.”

Single and Searching: “I’m really not that picky. If they were single, I’d sleep with either of your husbands.”

Needs Versus Wants: “I would really like a pool-boy, indentured-servant type of person in my life. That and some pudding.”

Rap Mitzvah? “Is Drake a practicing Jew? I was thinking he could come to our Seder this year. It’s worth a shot, right?”

Judging a Book By Its Cover: “Victor Cruz published a book? I’m buying it. Actually, all I really need is the cover to look at. He’s my homeboy.”