I just read this online (so it must be true right?)
"Toy giant Mattel estimates that Barbie owners have staged over 10 billion Barbie and Ken weddings."
First of all how they come up with that sort of estimate is beyond me, but really what got me thinking was the fact that my sisters and I, must have contributed to say... at least one billion of those Barbie/Ken weddings... yes those were the days and it helps to have had three sisters, lazy summers, and plenty of visiting female cousins and friends. Yes, our Barbies and Kens had very active social lives. Barbie and Ken had their little tiffs, especially when our brother's (much shorter) Luke Skywalker action figure entered the picture and tried to break Barbie and Ken up... but in the end there was always a Barbie and Ken wedding. What we forgot to act out was the Barbie/Ken Divorce, The Barbie goes to grad school and becomes highly indebted, The Barbie desperately (okay maybe not desperately just yet) searches for a job, The Barbie wanders the globe in search of something?, and the Barbie lives happily everafter with her dog... I suppose getting to the wedding was enough for our fanciful little girl imaginations and now it is up to our adult imaginations to finish the story...hopefully with as much style and blissful happiness as in those lazy summers...
Yes, yes, I promise I will quit these silly tangents and get back to the matters at hand such as, where the heck I am living and what I am doing and all the little quirky things about my life now...like chocolate sprinkles... I was just enjoying this moment down memory lane.
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peeing my pants laughing...
but there is a business idea brewing there: Ken/ Barbie Divorce set. The pack comes with divorce lawyers and a judge.
Barbie Goes Into Debt Thanks to Education. This pack includes a miniature macbook, a trucklaod of books, a few friends, a pair of specs ('cause only people with specs can go to university), etc.
You ladies are scary... ;-)
So here is another "wait, there is more after the wedding?!", And of course we must always keep in mind the grass is always greener......... But WHAT, why are we little girls mystified into this life. So, another version, Barbie/Ken wedding, Barbie was too young and didn't shop around enough, Barbie gets tricked into thinking life is going to be "Goooood", Barbie has a baby and is trapped, Barbie has another baby and is doubly trapped, Barbie goes crazy crazy and has the sadz.
Set comes complete with a miniature bottle of Zoloft, nappy clothes, an add on chubby weight suit, etc.
Anyways, funny funny :). I miss having you around!
wish I could add the photo of you girls in the driveway playing barbies. I think everyone missed the point here. Barbie is still dyeing her hair because she is my age and we are grammies now, wear glasses, and try not to look too frumpy. Remember she's about 52 years old!
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