Ugh. Ugh. No. I’m so sick of hearing this from seniors at my work. “I’m sure Bob keeps you in line!” First of all, we call him Robert, please. And second of all, where the hell do you get off saying something like that to me? I keep myself in line, thank you.

And, contrary to what you might think, it’s ALWAYS the women. The men, who I do talk to quite a bit, never say anything like that to me.

They are always commenting in some way about my husband keeping in my line, taking care of me, etc. They also comment on my colleagues driving small SUVs, saying that they should be driving a small car and they think those “things” are too big for them to handle.

Recently, one my favorites, who is this amazing woman who has been very accomplished in three different amazing careers was talking with us about her vacations in Mexico and I mentioned that I wanted to go and am working on my Spanish, to which she replied (to Robert) “Oh, you can’t take her there now! You’ve gotta keep her safe.”

The icky feeling that surrounds after hearing something like that is overwhelming.