seela
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The reversed genders really confused me, too. I have spoken up before when I’ve seen a man act inappropriately towards a woman and once when I saw a woman act inappropriately towards another woman, but never when it’s been a woman acting inappropriately towards a man.That part isn’t totally uncommon, in my experience. It’s usually from people who are at least a bit older than me.
Like J, I do like to use my deadpan look, served with ice as needed.
Following it up like she did is a bit weird, but bringing it back up again later and with J and talking about ”serviceing other ladies” is definitely crossing into weird territory and a clear case of ”That’s a bit to private for me”.
Any chance it could have been a clumsy, jokeing way of asking him to get her a glass of wine too?
Still weird and rude, but not really in the same way.
It’s a bit difficult when you feel the need to ”defend” your man from other women who are crossing a line. I mean, I found it hard to even find the words for that sentence.
Your story kind of made me remember when I first brought Mr Althea with me to my fathers country, to meet family there.
We were at a party at my aunt’s and one of the ladies went on and on to me about what a catch I made and how goodlooking and tall and blond and on and on…
I felt it was over the top already, but I always liked her and just smiled and let it be.
Later he came to me and was confused about what to do with the boisterous, rather drunk redhead who outrageously flirted with him to the point of actually pinching his ass.
Sadly I have to report that 20 year old Iris had no idea how to help him, beyond sticking to him like glue for the rest of the evening, despite the fact that my teen age years were a veritable boot camp for learning to deal with roving hands and setting boundaries without attracting attention.
I’m still not sure I’d come up with a better solution, because the reversed genders confuse me.
I must not be very good at noticing when it happens with reversed genders, because this was the first encounter I remember, anyways. And I’ve definitely not had to defend J before. Good thing it hasn’t happened more often, because clearly I’m crap at defending him.
I’d guess the woman was in her 50s. I really don’t know if she was just really bad at joking or what, but the whole situation was majorly uncomfortable.
And poor Mr Althea! It must have been extra awkward for you both, considering it was a family member.
Hmm. She arrived after we did. What she saw when she entered the room was me sitting next to J doing duolingo and J talking to the host. I don't think there was a whole lot to interpret there.You are focusing on a singular event because of the temporal proximity. She sat down next to you on purpose, whether he was going to get wine or not. She was watching your relationship dynamics the second you entered the room. Right cues, wrong interpretation - she interpreted the cues of freedom and control you have as a power dynamic between you two. The wine was a catalyst, not a trigger.
Then again, I can just make up stuff in my mind, who knows.