Foffe
FOFFE Fat Over Fifty FEmale. For many that is enough. Fat Over Fifty FEmale as an acronym. But FOFFE (pronounced foff-fee) connotes so much more. Not necessarily does this apply to all women, overweight and over fifty. And the term can be applied to women perhaps of normal weight and under the age of fifty as well. The exactitude of the word FOFFE refers specifically to the type of woman who, through aging has come about towards an unconcious, and thereby unrecognized existential crisis whereby, her fertility and her placement and importance of motherhood are being challenged. During the aging process, menopause, in not so unconscious terms comes into focus. Also, if being a mother, her children have grown and are not so heavily dependent on her. As a direct result of these factors, a certain nervousness creeps into her behavior whereby her spot in society, her place in the family, her very purpose becomes less and less valuable hence the existential attack. Her specific and unwavering reactions towards these events are what creates a FOFFE and not otherwise. As the FOFFEdom takes hold, such abnormal behavior as breaching of the privacy of others, the forcing of decision making to reside with her even if absurd and irrational, and her insistence on constant contact and communication even when inappropriate pervades.
Foffe by NostraFaustus January 5, 2020
