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not_nadine

not_nadine

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Bout a week ago, pulled into a store to get coffee. Parked next to a bunch of construction guys sitting in and around truck drinking their morning coffee.

Nodded, smiled and got out of my car. Closed the door right on my pocket book strap.
I kept walking on a step till I almost strangled myself and fell backward, grabbed hold of car.

Oh yeah, much laughter from them. I just waved and laughed myself. hey?
 
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To laugh at someone's misfortune shows they were clowns. Can construction guys in America be charged with sexual harassment if they wolf-whistle at a lady walking past? I think there was a case here in Australia where a female solicitor was whistled at and some guy made a crude comment and she went and reported it to the police.
 
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not_nadine

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Mr. Cranky said:
Can construction guys in America be charged with sexual harassment if they wolf-whistle at a lady walking past? I think there was a case here in Australia where a female solicitor was whistled at and some guy made a crude comment and she went and reported it to the police.
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Na, wasn't like that. I was laughing at myself first. It was good natured
Ha's. No one expected it.

I have been working with mostly all men for too long to not get the funny.
 
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Patricia A

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not_nadine said:
Too many to count.

Bout a week ago, pulled into a store to get coffee. Parked next to a bunch of construction guys sitting in and around truck drinking their morning coffee.

Nodded, smiled and got out of my car. Closed the door right on my pocket book strap.
I kept walking on a step till I almost strangled myself and fell backward, grabbed hold of car.

Oh yeah, much laughter from them. I just waved and laughed myself. hey?
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That made me laugh, not out of cruelty but out of fellow feeling. I'm the lady you see driving down the street with her coat belt hanging out of the door, or her purse on the roof of her car. Say hi next time you see me. ;-D
It's good to be able to laugh at yourself.
 
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Patricia A said:
I don't mean to sound preachy by what I'm fixing to say. My heart goes out to you. I have a few diagnoses myself. I have been phobic and OCD all of my life and to make it a grand slam I also live with PTSD. I was raised in a very violent and volatile environment that could be the root of my disorders. Lately, my doctor suggested that I may be autistic, even had I been raised "right" I may still have been a bit quirky, so there's that. But no matter what I am, I got to get busy living because I don't want to die or go through my whole life feeling like my skin is too tight.
I can't control all of what I do, or what other people think of me, but I can control how I feel about it. I isolate a lot. I hate being in crowds, it freaks me straight out. I can't drive to unfamiliar places because I will get so wigged out that I lose my sense of direction and Will Get Lost And I Will Panic. I find it nearly impossible to create bonds with people that allow them to be close to me in ways that seem fair or acceptable to them. Although I love people, it's not a natural feeling for me to need them, and that hurts them. There are a lot of things I can't do, that other people can, but I am not other people. I am me and what I am is as good as what other people are. Being other than "normal" is not anything to be embarrassed about, however farting in public is.
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Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Started to compose an answer, but it turned out so long the message board format would not accept it. Will post later when I have time to go over and divide it into parts.
 
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I hate to admit it but mostly the only times I make a scene in a public way is on this message board after I've had a few drinks. Alcohol can make me paranoid, plus I can get angry easily. I'm sure there are personal negative-emotion issues causing it. I've recently been rude to a couple members, including Ms Mod, from misinterpreting things. I feel remorseful about it. All I can do is apologize and pray that I can show more self-control.
 
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blunthead said:
I hate to admit it but mostly the only times I make a scene in a public way is on this message board after I've had a few drinks. Alcohol can make me paranoid, plus I can get angry easily. I'm sure there are personal negative-emotion issues causing it. I've recently been rude to a couple members, including Ms Mod, from misinterpreting things. I feel remorseful about it. All I can do is apologize and pray that I can show more self-control.
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We loves ya blunty. Speaking for myself, you've never hurt my feelings and you have never done/said anything to me you should feel sorry for.
 
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blunthead said:
I hate to admit it but mostly the only times I make a scene in a public way is on this message board after I've had a few drinks. Alcohol can make me paranoid, plus I can get angry easily. I'm sure there are personal negative-emotion issues causing it. I've recently been rude to a couple members, including Ms Mod, from misinterpreting things. I feel remorseful about it. All I can do is apologize and pray that I can show more self-control.
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No, you don't.

We are Ka-tet, Franks. no worries.
 
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