SC - Fwd: Greetings

[Vanishwood@aol.com]

On Thu, 07 Jan 1999 11:17:42 -0600 Shari Burnham <pndarvis at execpc.com>
writes:
> I remember reading a list of qualities to look for
>in a bride, and wide hips for children, good bosom for nursing are 
>part of the description. Any comments?

In some parts of the world, larger women are still considered the "ideal
women"....at least by the older generation.  When my hubby  stationed in
Italy, I would get followed around by older men (I've an hourglass
figure...just a bigger hourglass!   56-42-57...with an HH cup) while my
skinnier American counterparts didn't get so much as a look.  Most of the
native Irishmen and Scots that I've met preferred my build to a skinnier
model too.  One commented that he could hug me without being afraid he'd
break me in half.

>From what I've read in various histories, etc and seen in woodcuts and
all from period...the  common perception was that a larger woman/man was
healthier and better off.  Many of the pictures that I've seen show more
padded figures, but not obese with rolls of fat hanging.  I guess it's
all how it's proportioned that counts.

Caitlin nicFhionghuin
House Oak & Thistle

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