Camel Toes and Trimming the Bush

Now that I have gotten your attention this is a subject I think is worth mentioning. We are not talking about a camel's toes at the zoo or gardening that needs to be done. That used to be the case but according to the urban dictionary, these are common terms used daily by teens and adults alike.

I had a friend once who made a trip to American Eagle Outfitters with her best friend to look for jeans. This friend has a hard time finding jeans and wanted a second opinion.

After they went through the racks picking out several styles that would be flattering they made there way back to the fitting rooms.

This friend tried her first pair of jeans on and asked her BFF what she thought? BFF went up to her waist and promptly pulled the jeans down some. This friend wanted to know why in the world she did that. BFF response was, you wear your jeans up way to high and you have a camel toe and I am tired of it. Well friend did not even know what camel toe was and I admit, when friend told me about this, I had no idea either.

I will say in this case, Google is NOT your friend. Do not google this term. You will come up with all kind of lewd pictures that will burn your eyeballs out of your head. Ask a good friend if they know and hopefully they can explain it to you.

Anyway, her feelings were kind of hurt by this because she knew it was not good but it gets worse. She quickly took this pair of jeans off and thought maybe she wouldn't try anymore on. She was already feeling down about herself and having some marital problems. Her BFF knew about that so there was no need for insults.

However, her BFF was still in the room. And when she took this pair of jeans off her BFF continued. And another thing she said, you really need to trim that bush of yours. This was the exact way it was phrased. No wonder you are having marital problems! She then went on a tirade about this area of friends body.

Friend had it at this point and left and was very upset by what BFF said. It really hurt her feelings. This lead to a long debate about whether it is ok to tell your friends stuff like this? If you truly are best friends, do you tell someone your honest opinion? Is there a line that should not be crossed?

In this case, I think more tact could have been used. Maybe telling your friend about camel toe or showing her a funny video like this one would give them the hint -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56BVfyuEBDo&feature=related (Beware this video contains adult content and should not be opened with minors in the room)

As far as the bush goes, your bush is your business. That is between you and your husband and I don't think anyone needs to talk about this with you. I do think it was a slap in the face to bring up the marital problems in this situation. I am hoping BFF just was having a bad day and was trying to make herself feel better about something. Who knows? Maybe she had her own questions and wanted to see friends reaction to the subject. Either way I hope I haven't burned your eyeballs with that video.

The older I get the more slang language there seems to be. It is hard to keep up with all the acronyms for texting much less these new terms and words. I try to stay away from the urban dictionary if I can help it. Sometimes too much information/education IS NOT a good thing.

Urban language less or at least trying,