Life/Beauty
My Next-Door Neighbor Had Plastic Surgery — And I Couldn’t Figure Out Why
I was supportive of her, in theory.
It was a breezy morning when I noticed my next-door neighbor signaling to me from her doorstep. She wore a pink robe and a sheepish smile as I approached her.
‘Hi, what’s up?’ I said.
She clasped the front of her robe with a tense delight and whispered to me, ‘I got a tummy tuck! I’m recovering right now.’
I was taken aback. I looked at my neighbor, who, by all accounts, was a total knockout. The kicker was that she had given birth to four kids—and still looked trim and gorgeous. Her husband was still madly in love with her, that was obvious to anyone on any given day.
I honestly did not know what to say to her. Although we are both in our forties, I am five years older than my neighbor. It seemed kind of soon for her to be considering plastic surgery.
As I stood at my neighbor’s door, she could barely contain her excitement to tell me about this event, as if it were a precious secret she was spilling.
‘I mean, I got some sculpting done.’ She explained to me in a low voice — I’m assuming in case any of the other neighbors were to hear. ‘After four kids, I had so many…
