tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post7931246166161882154..comments2024-03-28T04:17:20.834-07:00Comments on The Daily Connoisseur: Modesty- Comme les FrançaisThe Daily Connoisseurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13843902889491327636noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-16012503978938861182009-10-10T09:33:21.026-07:002009-10-10T09:33:21.026-07:00I am so glad to find your blog! I too would have ...I am so glad to find your blog! I too would have been horrified at first! That's one cultural hurdle that would take me a while to clear. <br /> <br />I see you like perfume from your blog roll. I love it too! I'm going to add you to mine so I don't miss anything. I like these posts about you living in France!<br /><br />StephanieStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289348366926684135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-45906996379814389582009-10-09T16:28:48.859-07:002009-10-09T16:28:48.859-07:00Stephanie- Thanks for your comment- I look forward...Stephanie- Thanks for your comment- I look forward to catching up with reading on your fab blog xo<br /><br />Coastal Chicster- lol! You would fit right in in France... Your bf? Maybe not so much :)<br /><br />La Belette- How funny! Club Med- I can just imagine it! I have yet to go sans bikini top on a beach- I can imagine the painful burn marks. ouch!The Daily Connoisseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843902889491327636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-63555811089850443102009-10-09T11:44:00.670-07:002009-10-09T11:44:00.670-07:00LOL! This reminds me of the shock I felt when I we...LOL! This reminds me of the shock I felt when I went to work at Club Med and discovered that all the French girls I worked with sunbathed topless and the resulting sunburn that I got after they encouraged me to get a suntan topless.La Belette Rougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686717070120116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-61156793366579922862009-10-09T10:59:59.549-07:002009-10-09T10:59:59.549-07:00See, I have the opposite problem with modesty. I g...See, I have the opposite problem with modesty. I grew up in a house at the Jersey Shore that backed up to a huge yard and some woods, so there was never any reason for me to pull down my shades or draw my curtains when I got changed or anything. I often find myself realizing at the last minute that I'm changing in front of an open window - oops! It drives my boyfriend crazy when I do that at his house, too. "THE BLINDS ARE OPEN!" he yells at me. Haha. Bad habits die hard, I guess.Lisa D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01423949343150187576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-60034817440074928132009-10-09T09:45:26.847-07:002009-10-09T09:45:26.847-07:00Holy Cow! What a funny story. Seems in some cultu...Holy Cow! What a funny story. Seems in some cultures it is the norm for window washers to be privy to well, say our privates? <br />I too strive to find the joie de vivre in everyday living and just wrote a post about finding the sacred in the ordinary. <br />I'll be back!<br />StephanieStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648724530472982583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-22095188013423218832009-10-09T09:29:17.101-07:002009-10-09T09:29:17.101-07:00Roberta- I think if you had been in the bath the w...Roberta- I think if you had been in the bath the window washer would have come back way more than once a month! ;)<br /><br />Josephine- Changing to the night bath would have been the smart thing to do, I think. But I did decide (for that temporary moment anyway) that I could live with it- Famille Chic had lived there for over 30 years and didn't mind!<br /><br />M. Lane- It did remind me of my college days in the dorm. I think Madame Chic could tell my insistence that a curtain not be put up was half-hearted- hence the makeshift curtain that found itself on the window the following morning :)<br /><br />Michael- lol! Yes if the window washer looked like Brad Pitt I might not have minded so much!<br /><br />Rebecca- Yes we are very modest, aren't we? We are not a culture of exhibitionists that is for sure- take a look at the difference in our beaches. The women in Europe are very quick to whip off their bikini tops- that would never happen in Santa Monica! xo<br /><br />Cashmere- sharing a bathroom when you are growing up is a good thing, I think. It makes you grateful...The Daily Connoisseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843902889491327636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-21991887103867464172009-10-09T08:28:16.838-07:002009-10-09T08:28:16.838-07:00I grew up in a house with one bathroom for seven p...I grew up in a house with one bathroom for seven people. Plus my mom was a nurse so we were pretty open about things. It freaked my husband out when we were first married, but now he just rolls his eyes!CashmereLibrarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11729843454611380586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-38928287441246094082009-10-09T07:47:29.374-07:002009-10-09T07:47:29.374-07:00Modesty in the bathroom and with our bodies is so ...Modesty in the bathroom and with our bodies is so ingrained in most Americans from a young age. You handled it extremely well. Very adaptable! :)Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404639456898116918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-30530533005735296112009-10-09T07:30:52.931-07:002009-10-09T07:30:52.931-07:00If the window washer was cute and you knew when he...If the window washer was cute and you knew when he was going to be there, that would be a different story! I would have been freaked out too. Just from seeing a person looking in the window.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-13792074910739374302009-10-09T04:52:15.873-07:002009-10-09T04:52:15.873-07:00It sounds rather like the dorm when I was up at sc...It sounds rather like the dorm when I was up at school. Odd, but not impossible. I'll bet your stock went up a good bit by not asking for a curtain!<br /><br />ML<br />mlanesepic.blogspot.comM.Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898845239082082494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-55702649250672114592009-10-09T02:24:03.568-07:002009-10-09T02:24:03.568-07:00That is so funny and Roberta's comment also ma...That is so funny and Roberta's comment also made me laugh. At least it was someone young and beautiful like yourself! I would have changed to the night bath! xxJosephine Tale Peddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16431330956687490112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7682312585713348709.post-42485528417892732912009-10-09T01:17:05.755-07:002009-10-09T01:17:05.755-07:00So the window cleaner only comes once a month you ...So the window cleaner only comes once a month you say?<br /><br />*Admirable* self-control...<br /><br />;)<br /><br />xxx<br />'bertaAnna-Lyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821794942279940802noreply@blogger.com