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I went out bowling last night for a friend's BD party. She's a co-worker and a friend. There were a couple of other co-workers too, but I don't really know them as friends. All of their significant others were there too, except for mine, as I thought it was a girls-night out
Anyway, we were to bowl for an hour or two and then go to the adjacent bar. I don't go out much-maybe 1ce every 4 months, so when I do, naturally the make up comes on, the hair gets styled, and my going out clothes (tighter top and jeans than I would normally wear) are worn.
So three people were putting up everyone's names on the screen, and wanted nick names for everyone. Everyone had a nickname because they all know each other, except for me. Finally, one guy thought of "Barbie" and the other two loved it.
Mind you- I have shoulder length RED hair, I am 5'5 and about 127 so I do not have a skinny barbie doll figure, and I am not full chested.
Finally, I get it out of them that they thought of Barbie because my "...hair is perfect, my make up is perfect, my jewelry perfectly matches my clothes...like a doll".
Being a woman, I can read 50 things into something So of course then I feel like I was made up too much for bowling (I took into consideration I was going to the bar afterwards)- and I would post pictures but my friend didn't email them to me yet; ....or I started thinking that maybe I looked like one of those older women that are trying too hard to keep their youth- I am 35 but most of the girls were from 25-30...and I always hoped I wouldn't be like one of those ladies that try to hard.
So tell me, am I digging into something that was just supposed to basically mean something nice- like "you look nice"....Oh, I don't know. I just felt stupid last night.
Guys are one dimensional. Generally, they are too preoccupied with beer, sex and sports to be devious about something like this.
If they called you a Barbie, you must have seemed like a Barbie to them. Barbie is practically perfect in every way, especially the anatomically correct ones.
If a woman called you a Barbie, that's when I would start to worry. (no offense to my femme peeps)
Is there a Bowler Barbie? Guess it depends on which Barbie. I would be insulted, personally. I was helping my neighbor wash her big wooden porch chairs and she and another lady were calling me Cinderella. Didn't know what to make of that either.
Is there a Bowler Barbie? Guess it depends on which Barbie. I would be insulted, personally. I was helping my neighbor wash her big wooden porch chairs and she and another lady were calling me Cinderella. Didn't know what to make of that either.
So you were cleaning chairs that were not yours, and the person who owned them called you Cinderella- which is a woman who basically was a slave? I'd be a bit perturbed for being called Cinderella.
And no, there isn't a bowler Barbie that I know of...
There was a bowler Barbie back in the early days with the advent of her Trailer Camp Collection. This is before she hooked up with spiffy Ken and was dating Ozark Red, that plaid clad barefoot feller who wore a rope belt.
PS: A grizzled skipper once nick named me Thumbelina in my naval days on the Spanish Main but I never pursued an explanation. I just assumed he took a shine to me but now I know better.
ouch!! if it was people that you knew and were comfortable with i could understand some teasing and the nickname. i think "red" would of been the more obvious nick name. just remember you dress and act in a way to make yourself feel good and screw what everybody else thinks
Take it as a compliment!!!! Barbie is always wearing cute matching outfits...I am sure that is what was meant. Just take it as a compliment and enjoy!!!!!
Unless you act like a plastic and have no nipples I would just let it go, being an older Barbie among younger ordinary women could be a good thing. Oh and if you think 5'5" and 125lbs is heavy you should move to the south...lol There are women here that are so huge that grocery store planning discusses footprint and not pounds when it comes to distance between isles.
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So of course then I feel like I was made up too much for bowling (I took into consideration I was going to the bar afterwards)- and I would post pictures but my friend didn't email them to me yet; ....or I started thinking that maybe I looked like one of those older women that are trying too hard to keep their youth- I am 35 but most of the girls were from 25-30...and I always hoped I wouldn't be like one of those ladies that try to hard. 
