Kill me and make me beautiful
More about the Iranian economy…
“Esther, how could you let your eyebrows get so messy?†Keivan’s niece chastises me.
“I don’t trust anyone else with my eyebrows,†I tell her. She has me lie down on the ground so that she can pluck my eyebrows comfortably. I have tears in my eyes, but am brave.
“In Persian we say, kill me, but make me beautiful.â€
After the hair plucking ritual, we sit down for tea and football. Persepolis and Esteghlal are playing. They are the two most important teams in Iran.
“You should open a beauty shop,†I tell Sophie.
“A woman with a beauty shop does not know where her kids are or what they are eating,†she tells me. “You have to work all hours, every day. To get a license, you have to spend two years working at a salon. I don’t have the time, and I don’t need the money. All I need is enough to live comfortably, eat well, and take care of my children, and I have that.â€
“But every month things are getting more expensive,†Nazila says. “You should see how much we pay for books for school and then there is tuition and lunch and trips.â€
“I know,†Sophie adds. “Books have gotten so expensive.â€
“Every time you turn around, they want you to pay for something new.â€
“And now Ahmadinejad is calling for more babies.â€
“Do you really think Iranians will have more babies?†I ask.
“Esther, yeah, some will. They are already trying.â€
“How will they afford it?â€
“They won’t,†Nazila says.
“Esther, look, it took us 3500 years to achieve a population of 35 million. In the past 30 years, we have become 70 million. Think of that.â€
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Iran and the west share the same demographics crisis. It’s going to get worse, much worse!
And you just reminded me, I need to get my persian girlfriend to wax my back! Persians and Jews shouldn’t be enemies, we should unite against our true foe… unwanted body hair!
JordanR,
So we are finding mutual interests…
Esther,
I can feel the Iranian look at the world in your post. Thanks. By the way, I think Esra’a will soon ask us to stop being so talkative about Iran.
Ronald Reagan had this great speech how if Aliens came down and attacked earth, our differences would melt away. Unfortinately, it really seems that having a strong enemy (or challenge) seems to be necessary for cohesian.
But getting back to body hair
In all honesty (thank g-d the web is anonymous), my persian girlfriend really struggles with body hair. She has tried waxing, lazer, electrolysis… its an expensive never ending struggle. I myself have spent quite a bit on laser hair removal on my back. (note: the type of laser is VERY important)
Yes its vain, but I just can’t stand feeling those hairs on my lower kidneys
How on earth did u guys do that? 30 million in 30 years !lol
The thing is the population iss sooo young, I think that about 70% are under the age of 30 and 50% are under the age of 20
JordanR
If your Iranian girl friend is really in need of a good way to get rid of those unwanted extra hair, she should return to the traditional remedy ” Vajjebi”, if she had been brought up in Iran she will definitely know about it, it is like chalk and smells very bad, its a powder, they mix it with water and make a paste and apply to the skin where they want to remove the hair, it is like a miracle:)