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Dear Sidney:



I want your opinion and advice. The issue: low cut tops that show cleavage. Girls of all ages are wearing them everywhere, including work and church.

Our workplace has a dress code. The manager is constantly reminding someone that their top is not appropriate. As a man, I can’t keep my eyes off them. Is it okay to look? What are they thinking? What are their husbands thinking? What are their teenage children thinking? Do they realize what their son’s teenage friends are saying, “Hey Bob, your mom is stacked?” What are they thinking when they let their daughter out of the house on a date looking like that? Does her dad pat her date on the shoulder and say, “Good luck, son”? I know what I would have thought if I picked up a date and she was wearing a low cut top. You can also add in short skirts as well. What’s next?



Looky Lou



Dear Lou,



You’re not kidding! Everywhere I go, I either hum “Moon River” or “Sunset Over the Mountains” – depends on which end is up, so to speak.

You ask, “What are they thinking?” I have a suspicion that they are thinking, “Feel free to look at my ta-tas.” So, is it “okay for you to look?” Well, shoot, bubba, how can you avoid looking at it … or … them? Just don’t touch and don’t dwell.

As for your workplace … If there’s a code already in place and your boss has to keep addressing inappropriate dress, then sounds to me that he’s not enforcing the rules strongly enough. But, do YOU want to be the one telling him that? Yeah, that’d float like a lead butterfly, wouldn’t it?

I guess this is just one of those issues that simply gives life some color. But is it worth losing sleep over? Heaven’s no. Look, if the buxom babes want to use their body as a billboard, let ’em. To be perfectly honest, cleavage isn’t an issue for most gals my age. We’ve got our hands full just trying to keep ours from looking at our feet.



Love, Sidney



• Sidney Covington has a master’s degree in counseling. She is a patient advocate and public relations representative for Riley Hospital.