Poor Sara! I hope it resolves quickly and that she sleeps through the whole thing. Ouch and yuck.

Heh, DH calls himself King of the castle when he wants the kids to laugh. He even does it in a big booming voice. Fun times.

I tend to regard sexist or just old school types as relics of a bygone age, so when they call me the "ball and chain" or whatever I treat it as a show, kinda like a living episode of The Honeymooners. I don't have to live with them, so if they don't mean any harm and are just clueless, I observe them. A lot of them are contractors who have to go into a lot of people's houses and this is how they break the ice, by using humor that went out of fashion in the 50s. Even younger guys can sometimes do this.

Even younger guys can sometimes do this.

Yeah, this guy is not old. I can deal with it fine in old people.

Poor Sarah! Amy, a friend's daughter's ruptured ear drum recently healed itself without surgery. I hope she's ok and can heal up after this. Ugh.

Teppy, I can't believe those people you work for. What assholes. I also like Sparky's suggestion. And when they explain it to you, just fall back with the "I don't find it funny" statement. What fucking assholes.

Poor Sara. Much ear~ma for her.

Poor Sarah! Amy, a friend's daughter's ruptured ear drum recently healed itself without surgery.

Oh, they all do. Well, 98% of the time or something. My eardrum ruptured twice as a kid, and I can hear fine!

Thanks for the good wishes, guys. She's actually the most charming little sick patient ever -- very snuggly and sort of content to sit and watch TV and color. Not at all whiny, which is a nice thing. The only bad day was the day the eardrum (we think) ruptured, because the pain beforehand was really intense, and she was just beside herself.

Heal ~ma for Sara. Poor baby.

Morning, All.

Heh, DH calls himself King of the castle when he wants the kids to laugh. He even does it in a big booming voice. Fun times.

I t heart Laura's DH.

Steph, I too love Sparky's suggestion. Just continual, "...and that's funny, why?..." Some thick heads might be penetrated - and you don't have to be "bitchy". I'm sorry you're dealing with this. I guess I should count myself lucky how rarely I get that kind of crap (at least to my face). I have hang-ups enough without getting it to my face, thankyewverymuch.

Aims - you do have a great deal on your plate, so not to be beating up if at all possible, please. It's funny because I just went back to school this month (National University, not UoP - I couldn't deal with Mandatory Group Meetings ::shudder:: ) and I was talking about my schedule with a co-worker and she told me I'm lucky I'm not trying to do this with kids. And I thought about it and agreed that if I had kids right now, I would have had to wait until they were in college to go back myself. Which is all my long-winded way to say Go You! You're juggling a lot of things right now and doing a stellar job of it.

Poor Sara! Lots of healing~ and no-pain~ma for her.

sj, pretend he's actually being "clever" and "ironic" and therefore not "offensive"?

wow, a comedian and a plumber.

I would tend toward the simple -- Look - say , but that 's not funny and shrug -- the slightly superior attitude.