I Am Not a Utah Barbie

I am not now nor will I ever be a girly girl.

This is me with no make up at night, yes I am rocking both Superman and Wonder Woman!

I gave my last pair of high heels to DI (The Utah version of Goodwill, PS they use their donations much better), because I never wore them and I don't even know how to use a curling iron properly.

This is me more dressed up to go to a school function. See, lipstick!

For some reason both my ex-husband and the guy I almost married before him thought I was going to change I guess. I think I dazzled them with my awesomeness and they somehow didn't pay attention to the fact that I hate pink and the only thing I know how to do to my hair is put gel in it, unless I'm feeling fancy, then I can use a hair dryer.

It was like they thought because I was a girl in Utah I was suddenly going to want to become this cheerleader ideal they had in their head.

Thanks to https://images.app.goo.gl/UhKRbUmEXWBqGiuU7

Don't get me wrong, there are a bunch of amazing girly girls out there. There's nothing wrong with being a beauty queen, if that's your thing. Live it up!

Thanks: https://images.app.goo.gl/GstoqTP7Dmr7DG2C9

That's just not going to be me. I'm more of your spunky tomboy/girl next door type. My pioneer day heroes are Annie Oakley and Mary Fielding Smith. Tough as nails and awesome!

Thanks: https://images.app.goo.gl/5GmV4cgXbJBxG6Z18

Thanks: https://images.app.goo.gl/7aiKoBVQ17orY3m87

Sometimes it feels like guys who were born and raised in Utah think that because I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and I do know how to make bread by hand, that I will suddenly sprout blond locks and know more than I do about wearing make-up. The two things are simply not related.

I guess in the end the deal is that I'm not going to be heart broken about it anymore. One guy may have constantly told me how hot the cougarettes are and flirted with girly girls, while the other told me how other girls who are girlier than me were prettier than me. But here's what I have to say to them:

I've learned that I just need to be my own kind of beautiful

Thanks: https://images.app.goo.gl/xCRhy126jnHgu88M6

I have learned to have more confidence in who I am. I don't need to change to be what some man wants, I need to find a man who wants what I am. There are many fish in the sea and just because I'm not one guy's cup of tea doesn't mean I'm not the perfect girl for some guy. I may not come from a Utah mountain, but there are some pretty awesome people like me who surface from the temperate rainforests of Oregon.

Thanks: https://images.app.goo.gl/UoKNoJitYjiBwNGc6
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And for now, that's about what I have to say about that.