India Pants

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Tonight I'm wearing my India pants. Not the fabricated pants like the ones in this picture. But the ones that wear on my emotions. The decisions to put them on or take them off have never been mine, although I like to think they are. But indeed, it was my decision to purchase them for a high price of 8 months. The pants love solitude and hate crowds, love adventure and hate commitments, love understanding and hate assumption. Yes and no. Back and forth. On an off. I never thought putting on and off pants could be so darn draining.

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  1. EMILY STARJanuary 23, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    "love solitude and hate crowds, love adventure and hate commitments, love understanding and hate assumptions...." that was the best I've heard someone put it. you better go for a run in those pants. run it out tina! i love you friend! hope the weekend was wonderful. you got a good thing going TinaR! Love Em

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  2. NicholasJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    I'm starting to think this whole "pants" thing is just a metaphor for something else.

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  3. TaraBJanuary 24, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    Teens. Let's go to coffee and talk about these things sometime...

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