Another open letter to the men of my species:
Dear men,
(Please insert a weary sigh here.)
Before accusing a woman of being ’stuck up’ and ‘arrogant’, let me tell me a few reasons why she may not have laughed at your ‘line’ or joke:
1. You’re not as witty/clever as you think you are
2. You’re not very funny, or funny at all
3. You tried to act ‘cute’ and it failed. Miserably
4. You’ve haven’t used your brain and told a really inappropriate joke (here’s a hint - telling an Asian lass a racist joke about Asians is not going to give you an in)
Please note that until a comfortable course of communication has been established between you and her, you are a stranger and a person of very little/absolutely no consequence. She is under no obligation to laugh at your jokes, stroke your ego and make you feel like a big, strong, virile man at the ‘top of his game’. If you engage in the beginnings of some discourse and do so in an unappreciated, uncivilized or idiotic manner, just be prepared as she may ignore you, stare at you (with one eyebrow raised) and/or just walk away.
May I suggest that at this point, you refrain from calling her an ‘arrogant cunt’ and think about what you might have done to provoke such a reaction?
Of course, I’m not going to deny that she may just be having a bad day or be feeling irritable/bitchy (or be a genuine bitch), but let’s not jump to this conclusion till the other alternatives have been considered and can logically be dismissed. And no, your bruised ego does not count as a reason to dismiss any fault you may have had in the interaction.
Warmest regards,
Me.
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April 7th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Yeah, like it could even possibly be the guy’s fault, right? Nooo, it’s obviously the problem of the girl, that she’s a bitch, or on her period, or PMS’ing, or stuck up, or . Pfft.