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Mirror, mirror, on the wall - What is your relationship with reflective surfaces?

Asked by Simone_De_Beauvoir (39052points) December 30th, 2009

Many of the mornings when I ride the train, I realize that I haven’t even looked in the mirror those days and that I must have all sorts of things wrong with my face and hair (toothpaste, toddler drew on me, etc.) I realize I very rarely look in the mirror to check myself out. Yet a mirror does play a big role in my yoga practice where, as a rule, we look at ourselves in order to correct our bodies and become better practitioners. I have to take my glasses off before class which makes me see only a blurry outline of myself. All the better, I think, because I’d be so critical of how ‘fat’ I am and all that. When I was younger, I used to be a lot more into seeing myself reflected in store’s windows and I really don’t do that anymore. Perhaps it’s because I am, again, afraid that I won’t like what I see so I avoid doing that at all costs and also because it looks ridiculous, imo. I have a mirror in my wallet, I guess, but I have no idea why I put it there, because it’s useless and I never look into it. I have a mirror in my compact but it’s dirty and I never ‘powder the face’. Sometimes at work, I’ll catch my face in the bathroom mirror and then I fix my glasses (they’re always crooked) but that’s pretty much it. Oh, I guess, sometimes in certain positions during sex, it’s nice to check yourself out in the mirror, just for kicks…but the mirror isn’t located conveniently anymore.

So, for you, how important are mirrors. Are they everywhere in the apartment? Do you hate them, love them, are indifferent to them?

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