Ilona Maher
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Mind you, she's an adult woman. Yeah, yeah. This was in my 20s. And I was like, so you're probably going to need to schedule a gyno for me right now. I imagine I'll be pretty busy from now on.
Mind you, she's an adult woman. Yeah, yeah. This was in my 20s. And I was like, so you're probably going to need to schedule a gyno for me right now. I imagine I'll be pretty busy from now on.
Motel is open. Hotel is open. I'm changing the sheets.
Motel is open. Hotel is open. I'm changing the sheets.
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You know, like...
i just think that's probably the way it is so we'll get that in get some stuff you know i'm gonna be busy so she she accepted the news was like of okay you know be safe and blah blah blah and i'll get that scheduled for you i guess i don't know she goes back down to sit at the date table with like the family friends there and she's silent she's silent like just like catatonic she's like catatonic doesn't sleep a wink that night whereas i'm like that dead look at wild
i just think that's probably the way it is so we'll get that in get some stuff you know i'm gonna be busy so she she accepted the news was like of okay you know be safe and blah blah blah and i'll get that scheduled for you i guess i don't know she goes back down to sit at the date table with like the family friends there and she's silent she's silent like just like catatonic she's like catatonic doesn't sleep a wink that night whereas i'm like that dead look at wild
Legs first.
Legs first.
Legs first. I am here. But yeah, she's always been that. We can talk to her about pretty much anything to the point where I'm like, I probably shouldn't have shared that. No, that's good. I would continue to. But then she did. She stepped up and helped and she got you the appointment. I got the gyno. Got the birth control.
Legs first. I am here. But yeah, she's always been that. We can talk to her about pretty much anything to the point where I'm like, I probably shouldn't have shared that. No, that's good. I would continue to. But then she did. She stepped up and helped and she got you the appointment. I got the gyno. Got the birth control.
Yeah. Yeah. It's special to have that sort of relationship with your mom. But I think, yeah, she was very comfortable talking to us about it. And she was also, I mean, people, your whole thing is body positivity, body appreciation and living in the body that you're in. And you're always, you know, pushing that messaging, which is so important.
Yeah. Yeah. It's special to have that sort of relationship with your mom. But I think, yeah, she was very comfortable talking to us about it. And she was also, I mean, people, your whole thing is body positivity, body appreciation and living in the body that you're in. And you're always, you know, pushing that messaging, which is so important.
But it's like we also did, we were raised with a naked mom. She was naked around us, right? Like she would get changed in front of us. We would see what a woman's body looks like.
But it's like we also did, we were raised with a naked mom. She was naked around us, right? Like she would get changed in front of us. We would see what a woman's body looks like.
in all of its forms and you know having being pregnant and then giving birth and moles and and stretch marks and to us that was so beautiful and we got to experience like what a woman's body is and now being in a woman's body I love and appreciate it because I saw it in all of its forms whereas I have friends who you can sometimes just tell they weren't raised with a naked mom.
in all of its forms and you know having being pregnant and then giving birth and moles and and stretch marks and to us that was so beautiful and we got to experience like what a woman's body is and now being in a woman's body I love and appreciate it because I saw it in all of its forms whereas I have friends who you can sometimes just tell they weren't raised with a naked mom.
They are not comfortable in their skin. They're not comfortable with other women in that way at all. So I think we're very lucky to have been raised with a mom who, even if maybe she wasn't feeling as, like, You can't be body positive all the time. But she didn't ever put that on us. And she still, like, just was. She just existed. And she never, never talked about our bodies in any type of way.
They are not comfortable in their skin. They're not comfortable with other women in that way at all. So I think we're very lucky to have been raised with a mom who, even if maybe she wasn't feeling as, like, You can't be body positive all the time. But she didn't ever put that on us. And she still, like, just was. She just existed. And she never, never talked about our bodies in any type of way.