Hey girls,
You know, I never really need to post on this site because of all the wonderful and EXTREMELY helpful advice in the already posted threads. However, one thing that's bugged me for a long time was, do you girls in your 20s have a hard time finding the courage to actually shop in places with the clothes I like (i.e. Aeropostal, Abercrombie, and Rue 21 type stores) I want to go for that (as previously posted and so eloquently put) "teeny-bopper"/young woman look. And what's more is that I think I'm so intimidated to make purchases in these stores because I've been the real masculine, but sensitive guy growing up. Now, I want to be the pretty young woman that I see in magizines and whatnot (lol, writing this I sense a certain pattern that also appears in the puberty stages and beyond of girls growing up).
My point, and inherently, my question is, are the other girls out there as PETRIFIED as I am to shop in these places where the fear of being judged by a fellow man prevents you from going through with the set plan of "I'm going out to buy a pretty (fill in the blank) and am not coming back without it," only to find that indeed, you've yet again allowed yourself to chicken out through the rationalization that you've no need to spend the money on those items? Just wanting some encouragement from those still looking to shop in the possibly not-as-friendly-as-Lane-Bryant stores!