Lies Wives Believe

Shortness, tightness, and watch that cut!

Ginger is a mother and a wife. She has her master’s degree and teaches at an area school. She reads the news, knows what trends are coming up, and takes her children to church. Her husband is known in the community, and they are the stereotypical family with a house, a dog, kids – everything but the white-picket fence. But there’s a flaw in this tale.

Ginger dresses like a tramp.

Too harsh? Maybe not. Ginger’s students even notice her low-cut shirts, and when her husband tells her, “Darling, you might not want to wear that in public,” Ginger immediately goes on the offensive. It covers what is necessary to be covered, she argues, so why does it matter?

I am overbearingly modest. I was more so in college, wearing a T-shirt and shorts over my one-piece bathing suit (yep, no lie). I have NEVER been in the phase of wearing super short shorts – not even when exercising in my own house. Even when I went “tanning” in our yard, I would wear clothing that, well, frankly, it didn’t do my outdoor tanning session any good. But I am STILL very cautious of what I wear.

What you wear says a lot about you, I hate to say. We are an image-driven society, men more so than women. And I’m not talking about expensive clothes or cool shoes or anything like that right now. I’m talking about the tight jeans, the low-cut blouses, and the short shorts.

Here’s an idea: Don’t wear them.

My husband once got the “brilliant” idea for me to wear a low-cut shirt out to dinner. It’s a shirt I usually wear with an undershirt. I flatly said no and asked him why he would ever want me to wear something as revealing as that shirt with no undershirt out in public. “To show you off,” was his honest reply.

Hubby has always dealt with some self-esteem issues, stemming from his childhood, but I told him it was not necessary to parade me around in something I felt uncomfortable in for him to be able to show me off. A girl dressed in classy attire will always get BETTER attention than the girl dressed in something a little too revealing.

You don’t want attention that stems from too tight or too revealing clothes. Do you really want to be undressed in other men’s minds? Please say no!

The only man you should dress to impress should be your husband, and, if you’re going outside the home, dress modestly as to not tempt any other men. Help them be pure as well.

And for all those scantily-clad outfits? Well…you can always wear them to entice your husband…

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