I’m sure Ludacris is going to be positively delighted over his twee little animal sheets.

It’s taken a long time and a lot of painful reconditioning (for him) to make the life mate realize that “ lady hormones” are not a viable explanation for my emotions. I think they mean well trying to assign a diagnosis to “the problem” so that they can move on to figure out best how to “fix it”, but obviously that…

Can I ask what his line of questioning was that prompted you to let him know your mom was a single mom? I would argue that’s none of an employer’s business.

No.

Emotional. Because of your birth control.

Oh my god, THIS^. I am an engineer that wears makeup and dresses “nice” and your anecdote enrages me from personal experience. Putting on a bit of makeup and coordinating an outfit does not mean that you are frivolous or unfit for science. I fear I will be dead before the myth that “beauty” and brains are mutually…

In my case, do it (because you are afraid to lose your job if you don’t), complain to no one at the office (because you can’t trust anyone who hasn’t proven themselves otherwise, also HR is a joke who will only actively try to get you let go if you say a single word) then cry into a glass of wine when you get home.…

He’s not. “I’m bad at (insert random housework” is man-lies for “I’m too fucking lazy to even consider doing this myself.”

Jesus fucking christ UGH

Geisha and maiko are wildly educated in the art, music and dance that they perform in Gion and other areas. They study for years to earn their title. You need a pretty big amount of accreditation to even be considered a trainee. From my understanding, hostessing is similar in that it is in the entertainment service…

Music?

DON’T BELIEVE HIS LIES

I am glad you posted this. That stands as my favorite burn in the history of time.

I don’t mind doing it, I’m in no way “above” setting up and tearing down or picking up a card or cake. At my former company though it was very clearly used on me (and other youngins that happened to be female) as a means of putting us in “our place”. We were all scientists but it was only a few of us that were…

Please do. For science.

Get yourself a good vibrator and learn the beauty of red wine. Trust your first instinct. Seriously, you are not being “overly emotional”

What was he expecting, Beautiful Katamari???

He was an insecure buttnugget and you shamed him with your bossery. If I was there I would have bought you all the drinks.

Well I’m jeolous of his ability to do his job without being interrupted to set up/tear down for some dumbfuck event, get voluntold to make cookies or be responsible for picking out the Congratulations! You Had a Life Event! card.

The problem with being “eye candy” is that you will be treated like a kept at arms distance at best by threatened women, utterly disrespected by men, and patronized by all. You will never be taken seriously, at least in tech in the heart of the Midwest.