Okay, so there have been months and months of bragging rights in terms of heard ignorance... so I'm gunna give you the short hand version of how cool people are.
Lets start with the past few conversations/ events I've had at work (plumbing company, see first blog).
1. Plumber #1, "What are you studying again?"
Me, "Womens and Gender Studies"
Plumber #1 and #2 (awkward silence and blank stares)
Me, "I'd like to do social work...."
Plumber #1 & #2 "OH... so you want to give welfare to moms?"
Me (walking away)
2. Plumber #1 "Let me see your hand"
Me "Uhmm.. okay?"
Plumber #1 "Where is your ring? Aren't you married yet?"
Me "hahah, I'm 21. I'll get married when I'm 50 or something... maybe"
Plumber #1 "Oh, well... do you at least have a man?"
Me "uhm, yes"
Plumber #1 "Okay" (and he walks away)
3. I actually wasnt here for this but, I heard about it from the other receptionist.. she was filing and returned to the room... to find the entire office, in a circle...PRAYING. Lets just say I'm glad I wasn't there.
HOORAY step-dad's! (syke)
1. Its 4th of July... so naturally, my America loving, republican step dad wanted us to pray before we ate our BBQ (I... watched) so, some other lame cowboy said a the prayer, there was an "Amen" and then... oh yes, this is not a joke... my step-dad says... "And if your Muslim, you can get the fuck out of my house". That was immediatly followed by my saying, "Well, I sure as shit cant wait to leave!"
Yeah, he's THAT BAD.
2. Oh dear, he's brought up McCain again. He wants to know why I dont like him. I tell him that I dont "like him" I "hate him". He asks why. I explain... WELL, to start he has awful plans for women, I mention the grandmother act (which, he doesnt get), talk about abortion and contraception for teens. He says, well... no teenager of mine would be on birth control, thats against the law. I say, really? I've been on it since I was 15, weird. He says, "well, you just don't let you kids have sex". I ask "so.. you think you can control a 16 year old?" He says " YES". I say "thats bull shit, you cant keep a teenager captive, and watch their every move... if they're going to have sex, they're going to have sex". He says, and I quote "Well, that how you get 'dem welfare babies". Me, furious by this point, stand up and say "Well don't you think if you provided proper birth control to teens, these, so called welfare babies wouldn't be such a problem?" He says "NO, teens are not allow to have sex".
So, I think you get the gist of how awesome the people around me are. There are plenty more stories to be told, and only time will tell. But for now... stew over these.
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Oy.
I come from a small, conservative town...I understand. Whenever I tell someone I'm majoring in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, I'm lucky if they just stare. I actually had someone make a face, turn around, and stop talking to me...but there are wonderful, non-close-minded people, too...it just takes some searching.
2. Plumber #1 "Let me see your hand"
Me "Uhmm.. okay?"
Plumber #1 "Where is your ring? Aren't you married yet?"
Me "hahah, I'm 21. I'll get married when I'm 50 or something... maybe"
Plumber #1 "Oh, well... do you at least have a man?"
Me "uhm, yes"
Plumber #1 "Okay" (and he walks away)
Oh. I had almost this same conversation a few weeks ago. It was with my sister-in-law's mom's friend, whom I've met maybe three times before this. I was really offended when she asked me "where's the ring?" It shocks me that people I don't know think they can ask these kind of questions. Is it really there business? It also pisses me off because no one askes my boyfriend these kind of questions.
Does anyone have a witty, slightly mean, comeback for these kind of questions?
Wow. Just, wow.
alicialynn -
I also get asked where my ring is a lot. Or whether I have kids (apparently, being a hairdresser means you pop em out one right after the other). I too am looking for some sort of come-back. Typically, I just answer something along the lines of: "Why do I need one? I love him for who he is, not his dowry or how big of a carbonic rock he can offer me." To the kids question: "Still in the uterus, just waiting. Little do they know, I'm plotting against them," and wink.