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CrispyQ

(38,718 posts)
4. Good retort, but seriously, a man you don't know, told you that?
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:29 AM
Nov 11


I'm not questioning your story Marthe, I'm simply aghast, again, at what men will say to a woman they don't even know. I wear my hair up 95% of the time & I can't tell you how many men, coworkers mostly, have told me I should wear it down. That's not even close to what this man said to you, but can you imagine a man telling another man how he should wear his hair? Or if a woman went up to a man & said, "You look like a woman." She might get punched.

Oh, & "Smile!" Probably the number one thing men say to women they don't know. I would like a dollar for every time I've heard that. The day a man tells another man to smile that will be the day.

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Ohhh smack! Hope22 Nov 11 #1
Wow! Thats some great quick thinking there! Diamond_Dog Nov 11 #2
Baaaaaahahaha!!!!! That is AWESOME!!!! Scrivener7 Nov 11 #3
Good retort, but seriously, a man you don't know, told you that? CrispyQ Nov 11 #4
"Smile!" Oh, yeah. Can't tell you how many times I've heard that. Ocelot II Nov 11 #5
I'm sure by now NJCher Nov 11 #8
Thanks, I missed that. CrispyQ Nov 11 #15
I added the disclaimer Marthe48 Nov 11 #17
The jerk store called JoseBalow Nov 11 #18
Exactly! Marthe48 Nov 11 #19
I have short hair DownriverDem Nov 11 #13
I used to get the "smile!" comment when I was younger too 10 Turtle Day Nov 11 #14
Great retort! Sea A Chell Nov 11 #6
Just a bit of humor Marthe48 Nov 11 #7
WELL DONE, Marthe48! calimary Nov 11 #9
lol. thats a good one . AllaN01Bear Nov 11 #10
Stephanie Miller has a great retort... rubbersole Nov 11 #11
"Have you ever been mistaken for a man?" Aliens 1986 spike jones Nov 11 #12
Oh Marthe ReRe Nov 11 #16
I'd say: "You look like an 12 year old adolescent" chouchou Nov 11 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Nov 11 #21
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