Exposed

Apparently Spaniards are super confident with their bodies. Well maybe just my señora. She's 56 but looks more like 46. 

So I was in my room working on some things when she and her husband came home from Mass. She went into another room but was asking me about my day. I came out of my room so I wouldn’t be yelling through the apartment and here comes my señora walking down the hall in just her knickers. When I saw her I had a silent  split-second freak out.

"Oh I just went outside”..señora spotted..[WHERE ARE HER CLOTHES?! WHY IS SHE NOT WEARING CLOTHES?! LOOK AT HER FACE! WAS I SUPPOSED TO STAY IN MY ROOM? DON'T FREAK OUT. ACT LIKE ITS NO BIG DEAL] "..to read on the balcony."

Now granted seeing someone in their underwear is no big deal. It’s like seeing someone in a bikini. But bikinis are in the context of the beach. Not in the context of a near stranger stripping and walking down the hall. (She was actually putting on a slip so she would be cooler. We don't have A.C.)

In general I am very much pro-clothes.  I rarely changed clothes in front of my roommate of two years. I don't even like changing in front of my mom. It’s a combination of body issues and having my first roommate when I was 20. It’s just not something I'm used to or needed to change about myself.

I also tend to project my own tendencies on others. I assume people want privacy even when they don't care. Anyways, so seeing my senora nearly naked...I guess was not a big deal, but also not something I was expecting.

Oh Spain