Victoria’s Secret is Now Out
The new Victoria’s Secret catalog was in my mailbox. I kept moving from room to room to read it, but my kids kept following me, asking me why there was a magazine just about underwear. Eventually I lured them away with an episode of The Magic School Bus.
While flipping through page after page of beautiful women in pretty panties (that were really just there for decorative purposes) I began to notice that every single model looked like she was somewhere between the ages of 15 and 22. At first I was mildly offended, like, “Don’t you think middle aged women want to look hot underneath too?”
And then it dawned on me: Of course there are only pictures of young women – they’re the ones who still dress up for sex! Don’t get me wrong, us married with children crowd still have sex; we just don’t have the luxury of time for costume changes.
A single woman in her twenties can choose to spend the entire weekend re-enacting her favorite scene from Fifty Shades of Grey in a room full of scented candles while testing out new techniques found in Cosmo if she should so choose.
A mother says to her man, “Are the kids asleep? No, for REAL this time? Cool, let’s go for it!” and then just when things start getting good there’s a knock, “Mommy, I need water. Why isn’t the door opening? I think it’s broken. Can you fix the door? Mommy?” Then you hear the little person get down on his hands and knees and look under the door. “Hey Mommy! You’re underwear magazine is on the floor. Do you want me to get it for you?”
No.
But they do make some pretty bras, don’t they?
Lisa
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I worked for VS when I was in college and they’re a little shady about their target audience. Their entire Pink line is supposed to be aimed at 18-24 year olds but the extra smalls? Definitely too small for most 15 year olds. I don’t think they could get away with admitting they were targeting younger girls given there’s already controversy surrounding their marketing but at least fess up that they’re trying to be there from the day you need your first bra! Also, I always had the hardest time with “older” (they were old to me then, not anymore!) customers who would come in during semi-annual sale and try to get matching sets out of the clearance bins. I got so frustrated because often they would not buy something unless they had a matching set and of course we usually didn’t have the matching panties for a certain bra anymore. Now I think maybe the issue is that the “younger” girls have the disposable income to buy the 100+ matching set when it’s full price and the married with children women are thinking exactly what you described above and might possibly want(or need) to spend their money on other things instead of lingerie they may or may not get to spend much time enjoying. Oh perspective!
LOL- I love the inside scoop! I’m totally guilty for trying to find a matching set. 😉
The kids could also watch “the magic flute
Television is a wonderful thing 🙂
Haha! This is so funny. I don’t have kids, but my friend with three little ones is always telling her husband, “hurry up, we have to be up at 5am with the baby!” Sexy lingerie? Ain’t no momma got time fo’ dat!
Children are the best form of birth control – LOL!