My parents met in a "singles only" apartment complex in the late 70s. My dad once referred to one of his employees as smelling like "old dirty bong water". When I was 5 and told my mom that I wanted to marry a prince, she pulled over to the side of the road (we were, obviously, in the car at the time), turned it off, and proceeded to give me the first of many lectures as to why I should never rely on a man to take care of me.
Now, I'm what you would call "fiscally conservative, socially liberal", I work for a large corporate law firm, I don't drive a hybrid car, my non-hybrid has zero stickers on it, and I haven't taken the bus since I needed to for financial reasons. Right there, that says I'm definitely not a hippie.
However, I also wear sandals in my free (non-work) time, enjoy a bongload every now and then, burn incense in my home, eat all organic and whole foods, am a big proponent of alternative healthcare, and I wish the government would just leave us the F alone on most "hot button" issues. Most of my friends are trustafarians, we have a "knitting circle" that makes tiny afghans for premature babies, and we only use 100% natural fibers to make them. On that note, I intend to quit my job and become an alpaca farmer sometime over the next 10 years so that I can produce my own yarn for said preemie blankets.
So ....
what am I? LOL... Am I a fake hippie?
