Did your mom ever show you how to do makeup?

Mum had 4 boys and she always wanted a girl. So we all know how to cook and how to use a sewing needle.

My wife's mother was a classic beauty, model material, and she taught my wife most of those things. I'm glad she did.

Nope. My Mama never wore makeup. She never dated until I had married and settled. She was a free spirit, a hard working, hands on woman of the earth. She taught me a lot, but nothing about being what is socially considered feminine.

I'm glad she didn't. It saved my skin, it saved me money and self consciousness. I feel beautiful without all that and I found my own femininity.

Yes she did. All of that.

But she was never heavy on the make up size. She taught me how to do blush and mascara. She said that was enough. It was my sister’s friend who took modelling classes that taught me how to do a lot of makeup

I wish my father had given me more good advice. We didn’t have the best relationships but he was good with people and women especially. I got nothing but garbage information about dating from my older brothers and friends at school. It took me all of my twenties to purge a lot of that crap!

Yes, she did. The makeup was very light, though, because she never wore much herself; just a bit of shadow and lipstick for special occasions.

My sister and I weren't taught to adorn adorn ourselves to be enough...but more so that we already were.

Choose girly...ness?...but not to depend on it.

Not most of it she did teach me about respecting myself around boys.

My mom did teach me about makeup. She even held me down and plucked my eyebrows when I was 13.

But she was not nurturing. Very critical.

7 hours and not an unusual comment yet.

Yes. For sure. She started by teaching me to do my eyes in middle school and the "makeup education" continued from there.

The "boys & dating" conversations were slower to develop because I never really had much interest. She would bring it up and I'd be like,"I'll let you know when it becomes an issue!" 🤣

The "young lady" conversation was ongoing and constant. She denies it now, but I know she'd rather have had a girly daughter. 🤷‍♀

Not "girls nights" but shopping trips. My mom was (and is) a huge believer in retail therapy. I learned that anytime she said let's go shopping, it meant she had something she wanted to talk to me about. 🤣