Sometimes Steffi
09-02-2011, 04:48 PM
My wife is going in for shoulder surgery in about a week, and she expects her right arm to be in a sling for 4 to 6 weeks.
We were talking about what she wouldn't be able to do, and where she would need my help. I can't remember how it came up, but she said she wouldn't be able to put on her own mascara. She said she used to be more ambidextrous, but she tried putting it on with her left hand and wasn't sufficiently coordinated.
This is where I wanted to jump and say, "Ooh, ooh. I know how to put on mascara and I'd be glad to do it for you." In truth, I'm just a newby at putting on mascara, but what a way to be taught and get a lot of practice. Even though she knows about XD Steffi (to some limited extent), Makeup Steffi is still very much in the closet. Instead, I meekly told her that I could probably figure it out if she wanted me to. She responded that she didn't want to get blinded. She would go without mascara until she could do it herself.
We were talking about what she wouldn't be able to do, and where she would need my help. I can't remember how it came up, but she said she wouldn't be able to put on her own mascara. She said she used to be more ambidextrous, but she tried putting it on with her left hand and wasn't sufficiently coordinated.
This is where I wanted to jump and say, "Ooh, ooh. I know how to put on mascara and I'd be glad to do it for you." In truth, I'm just a newby at putting on mascara, but what a way to be taught and get a lot of practice. Even though she knows about XD Steffi (to some limited extent), Makeup Steffi is still very much in the closet. Instead, I meekly told her that I could probably figure it out if she wanted me to. She responded that she didn't want to get blinded. She would go without mascara until she could do it herself.