Skip to main content

15 dumb things people have said to me

Original prompt: What dumb things do people say to you on the regular?

  1. Asking when I'll have kids
  2. Complaining to me that they're fat when I outweigh them significantly
  3. Telling me I'm not fat when I am
  4. Saying I was finally starting a "real job" after I'd already been working fulltime
  5. Arguing with me about immigration in an ignorant manner
  6. Writing I'd fucked up their work (in a professional email) when I'd actually saved them a significant amount of work
  7. Claiming sunlight can't get through windows
  8. Wondering aloud why I took breaks at work every hour
  9. Asserting that the snack on the table wasn't spicy at all (when it was super spicy to me)
  10. Letting me know their off leash dog wasn't friendly
  11. Inquiring if I was sure I'd never had sex (this was a nurse in college)
  12. Replying to my anxiety by saying I was being narcissistic
  13. Lying to me about health
  14. Calling me ma'am when I was about 23
  15. Declaring he wasn't trying to learn my work schedule when he clearly was (creeper alert)

(Prompt provided by Brianna Aaron)

"Annoyed" by Dustin and Jennifer Stacey. Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0).


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

15 things I'm looking forward to for summer 2024

It'll be here so soon!  Whale watching with a friend Bookstore crawl with a friend 57th Street Art Fair Beach days Movies in the park Swapping out my wardrobe Being done with egg retrievals (hopefully) Helping a friend plan her wedding Going to Galena Taking other trips with friends Doing more sessions of my D&D one shot Eating ice cream on hot days Dining at the Point Trying to find an agent for my picture book ideas (hopefully) Reading more (hopefully) (Prompts by me) "Sperm Whale diving" by Bernard Spragg. NZ
Post a Comment
Read more

Starting my parental journey, part 9

You can  read part 1 here ,  read part 2 here ,  read part 3 here ,  read part 4 here ,  read part 5 here ,  read part 6 here ,  read part 7 here , and read part 8 here . I've officially begun my second cycle. On Wednesday, I had a virtual appointment, yesterday I had my baseline ultrasound, and today I began injections again. On Wednesday, I expressed my concern about my weight and was told not to fret about it for this cycle but that I should work on it for my health. I got told some vague things about measuring my food by volume and weight and that being the key the weight loss (idk it sounded weird to me). But other than that my appointment went well and I really liked the PA I met with. Overall, she was supportive and encouraging me to advocate for myself. Yesterday, I had to get up earlier than normal (6am) so I could make it to my ultrasound at 7am (I have asked for future ultrasounds to be at 8am). I got weighed (ugh), had my blood drawn, and t...
Post a Comment
Read more

Starting my parental journey, part 8

You can  read part 1 here ,  read part 2 here ,  read part 3 here ,  read part 4 here ,  read part 5 here , read part 6 here , and read part 7 here . I have begun birth control again. Now, that may sound like I'm bailing out of my fertility journey, but it's actually the opposite. In order to get everything ready for the egg retrieval, I need to hop on birth control for a little bit and then hop off. It feels a bit odd to be taking oral birth control, have a birth control arm implant, and be getting ready for an egg retrieval--but that's how it goes (for me at least--getting to keep the arm implant is rare or so I'm told). People have asked me how I'm feeling about this round of egg retrieval and honestly, I haven't thought about it much yet. I am focused on a big stressful event for work and then C2E2 (Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo--basically, Chicago's Comic-Con) which I attend every year. Because of these two events (one stressful, one fun), I del...
Post a Comment
Read more