Despite the fact that I like men,<\/p>\n
94.3% of the time,<\/p>\n
When I’m interacting with 98.2% of the male population,<\/p>\n
They totally frustrate me.<\/p>\n
I knew it was coming,<\/p>\n
I knew it was to be expected, and<\/p>\n
I knew it was inevitable.<\/p>\n
But at the same time,<\/p>\n
It’s still incredibly irritating …<\/p>\n
How practically anything I now say when talking to a guy is either …<\/p>\n
1. Challenged … “That’s not right<\/i>“, “You’re wrong<\/i>“, “You don’t know what you’re talking about<\/i>“;<\/p>\n
2. Questioned for the Obvious … “Do you even have gas in the car<\/i>?”, “Are you sure you<\/u> didn’t leave it unlocked?<\/i>“, “Did you, maybe, think of just looking on your desk?<\/i>“;<\/p>\n
3. Criticized … “That was stupid<\/i>“, “What were you thinking?<\/i>“, “Why would you even think that would work?<\/i>“; or,<\/p>\n
4. Simply ignored … “No, you never said that.<\/i>“, “If you would have mentioned that, I’m sure I’d remember.<\/i>“, “You’re imagining things.<\/i>”<\/p>\n
Now this is not meant to be offensive or critical of men.<\/p>\n
It’s just the way it is,<\/p>\n
Because,<\/p>\n
Well …<\/p>\n
They are guys.<\/p>\n
*shrug* \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And I do take a certain amount of pride in this changed discourse I am experiencing.<\/p>\n
It’s really affirming that men I encounter,<\/p>\n
Accept me and treat me like they do most every other woman in their lives.<\/p>\n
However …<\/p>\n
That doesn’t mean being treated like most men seem to treat women in their lives isn’t extremely annoying.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately,<\/p>\n
I’m really in a Catch-22 when even commenting about it.<\/p>\n
Because …<\/p>\n
In some ways it feels so superficial even mentioning it that I don’t want to waste credibility with my girl friends on such a topic,<\/p>\n
But when I talk to some of the not-so-close-female friends they just roll their eyes and convey the “Duh, you asked for it by having the sex change so deal with it<\/i>” look.<\/p>\n
And I sure can’t mention it to most of my guy friends.<\/p>\n
Because, well …<\/p>\n
Please reference the aforementioned points 1 – 4. (The third quote under point 4 is the most frequently used, but it’s not like I’m keeping track :)).<\/p>\n
Now granted,<\/p>\n
I am lucky in many ways …<\/p>\n
Hottie and Miss Daisy always speak to me as if I still have a brain, with respect, and as if they are actually paying attention to the conversation.<\/p>\n
Heck, I even got to talk about golf last night, something that I have to admit, I’m sorta having withdrawals about … thank you Hottie !!<\/p>\n
And most of my other guy friends,<\/p>\n
Are fairly decent in the way they talk with women,<\/p>\n
Which makes them fairly decent in the way they twalk with me.<\/p>\n
But there’s no doubt …<\/p>\n
Even with many of them,<\/p>\n
They talk with me in a manner that is totally different that they did in the past.<\/p>\n
It’s wild.<\/p>\n
There’s really no point to this post,<\/p>\n
(Go ahead, ya’ll can do the collective … “as if there ever is?<\/i>” :))<\/p>\n
I’m simply making an observation.<\/p>\n
Besides, it’s really not too bad …<\/p>\n
I’ve found the Jedi-mind trick works very well on most men,<\/p>\n
For obvious reasons ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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