Maybe they invade only in my gym - I hope so, so far this happened only there.
Some time ago I saw a man in the gym. Hm dunno, I guess a bit younger than me. He had black hair and I stared in disbelief - he wore the same styling/haircut Limahl did (that guy is still in business, see here - and he wears still that haircut - sized to the current time).
Then it was quiet for a while.
Until last week. A guy much younger than me, mid 20s maybe. He wore all black, so his hairstyle came out with no doubt - Billy Idol (he is also still around)! The lightest blond and exact that styling. a wee bit shorter.
Inbetween I saw some guys with sweat- or wristbands...
And today.... a guy, maybe 17... OMG, I thought, oh, no... please...
Today I had to face this:
It was white and a bit smaller, his hair was dark brown and pretty much like in this pic!
I mean, yeah, when the 70´s came back - and they are still around - that was great, cool, groovy!
But the 80´s were bad the first time, so who wants to have that yet again???
Oh, please no! And they are all so young they weren´t even around back than.
Maybe my parents thought, oh no, not the 70´s again, but I can stand against that, saying I have the sweetest memories of a colorful, happy, free childhood.
What can you say about the 80´s? Embarrassing they were, I think - clothes- as music-wise ("Cherry, cherry lady", do I have to say more?). And that kiddo can´t even tell for real, so why???
From my point of view sweatbands are just yucky - and besides he did weight training, not cardio.
(I also wonder why some guys wear gloves? My friend says they have sweaty hands and can´t hold the weights without. But so many guys with sweaty hands??? And besides, that´s nothing to be proud of, is it? That´s like wearing a big sign saying - don´t come near, I´m sweaty! Eeeek.)
Boy, I guess in the future I´m forced to take my glasses off before entering the room...
Sorry, I´m still in shock and fear. Will this go on and on? Will they stay in the gym? Are they in other gyms as well, I can cancel in a months time...
To top all that I thought we have skipped the months March to September - the storm nearly knocked me off my push-bike. No, really. I had to stop once. And it was hard work.
Boy. Weekend!!!
Oh. Nearly forgot to mention: The sweatband on that kid says "nimms easy". "Nimms" is german for "take". Not "nimms leicht", not "take it easy", but this. As I said, the 80´s were embarrassing!
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I was shocked when I went shopping a couple of weeks ago.
All the 'new season' fashion was in the shops ..... and it's all 80s. I kept looking around thinking, "I used to wear this rubbish". What's going on?
The 80s was the decade that fashion forgot. Why bring it back?
I loved the 80's but... I was a teenager with no taste LOL. I keep seeing kids wearing clothes that I wore and I have a pretty hard time not laughing at them.
Oh, and thanks for the Limahl laugh. Again, loved it first time round. Not so much twenty years later.
Oh, it's happening here in the US, too. I have seen both 70's and 80's fashions. They were fun the first time around. Now they just make me cringe.
Tonight in the grocery store, the boy who was ringing up my groceries was wearing his hair longish, with bangs down to his eyebrows and touching his shirt collar in the back. And he was wearing a macrame choker (necklace) decorated with shells. He looked like he had stepped out of 1973.
He was adorable. Looking at him, I was transported back to when I was 15, remembering a boy I had a crush on. Oh, I wanted to be 15 again, just for a day. To go back in time to school and this time I wouldn't be so shy. I would talk to that boy. I would take a chance.
My grandmother never threw out clothes that went out of style. I'd say "Gram, WHY keep that?" and she'd say "Wendy Hun ... EVERYTHING comes 'round again, and I want to be ready!!" She was right! LOL! I can well do without sweatbands. Eww! I'm noticing longer tunic tops here with leggings again... sigh. Most women I know who could wear that in the 80s certainly cannot get away with it now. Spandex should have a weight limit!
Oh, boy. That´s frightening. Guess we all have to face it again and NOT laugh or roll our eyes too much!
Hard times ahead...
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