“I see what you mean.” Mike gulped as he observed his uncanny reflection. “I wouldn’t mind if Mum wore make-up but she doesn’t… so why is she insisting that I should?”
“I guess only your mum can answer that.” Charlie replied. His own mother is quite old fashioned in the sense that she occasionally wears skirts and dresses and often wears a little make-up… both have been steadily dropping out of favour for years. “Mum reckons its to do with marketing… the cosmetics companies aren’t selling as much to women so they’re pushing their products towards men instead.” he explained. “But she also reckons that because women used to prettify themselves when men were the breadwinners, that it’s our turn now.”