bluenorther
Senior Don Juan
I just found out "Jill", one of my clients fired me, for talking about her friend, Kelly who I used to date.
Kelly was walking her horse into the park, past where we and the veterinarian were dealing with Jill's horse.
I had commented how it's been four years since Kelly dumped me, and she still won't speak to me. In fact, she gets a painful look on her face when she sees me. Wouldn't a normal person get over it by now?
Jill took offense and decided that was unprofessional and disrespectful, so she's got another blacksmith for her horse. I won't miss Jill, she's morbidly obese and has no business owning a horse. She couldn't get on or off a horse if her life depended on it. I'll miss her horse, though; we've been good friends. People thought it was great that I'd met another woman who could ride and enjoy the horse instead.
When Kelly dumped me, my first impulse was to quit working where she keeps her horse, but eventually all my clients there dumped me anyway. They all seem really tight with my ex, who does a pretty good Victim Chick impression.
It's interesting how this misandry plays out, because if a VC dumps a man, it's because he's horrible and needs to be punished. If he dumps her, he's horrible and needs to be punished. If a guy in college gets falsely accused of rape, he's the one who gets kicked out of school. She gets "counseling".
What gets me is how NONE of the people around my ex will just talk to her and say "It's been four YEARS, grow up, get over it and try acting normal for a change." These are the same people who got so excited when they found out we were dating... they thought it was the greatest thing going on, and when she dumped me, gave her a hard time for it. Kelly is an off-limits topic around me, so I can't even ask them for clues.
This eats at me, because I genuinely liked that crowd and enjoyed working for them.
Kelly was walking her horse into the park, past where we and the veterinarian were dealing with Jill's horse.
I had commented how it's been four years since Kelly dumped me, and she still won't speak to me. In fact, she gets a painful look on her face when she sees me. Wouldn't a normal person get over it by now?
Jill took offense and decided that was unprofessional and disrespectful, so she's got another blacksmith for her horse. I won't miss Jill, she's morbidly obese and has no business owning a horse. She couldn't get on or off a horse if her life depended on it. I'll miss her horse, though; we've been good friends. People thought it was great that I'd met another woman who could ride and enjoy the horse instead.
When Kelly dumped me, my first impulse was to quit working where she keeps her horse, but eventually all my clients there dumped me anyway. They all seem really tight with my ex, who does a pretty good Victim Chick impression.
It's interesting how this misandry plays out, because if a VC dumps a man, it's because he's horrible and needs to be punished. If he dumps her, he's horrible and needs to be punished. If a guy in college gets falsely accused of rape, he's the one who gets kicked out of school. She gets "counseling".
What gets me is how NONE of the people around my ex will just talk to her and say "It's been four YEARS, grow up, get over it and try acting normal for a change." These are the same people who got so excited when they found out we were dating... they thought it was the greatest thing going on, and when she dumped me, gave her a hard time for it. Kelly is an off-limits topic around me, so I can't even ask them for clues.
This eats at me, because I genuinely liked that crowd and enjoyed working for them.
