the sorority types I was thinking of with that comment- it was the middle aged divorced women who feel the need to feel sexy and go about this by tanning themselves as far as they can and dyeing their hair unnatural shades and wearing the cute little outfits they saw on the little hotties downtown, conveniently forgetting that the little hotties didn't have extra rolls and bulges that show in those outfits and don't have stretch marks and all the rest of the things that most of us prefer not to see exposed. This generally makes them look as natural and healthy and desirable as Nutra-Sweet, and is about the same as hanging a sign around their neck that says "Dumped and Desperate". Frankly, when I see a woman like that I steer clear, and if they approach I start lobstering. They scare me.

And yes, my ex falls squarely in the middle of that category. Bleagh.

It's well we cannot hear the screams
we make in other peoples' dreams.
--Edward Gorey