Heres the background....we have a new employee here, and she seemed really nice, and I thought that her personality was what was needed to get the job done. After about a week or so of being here, I have discovered shes blunt. Very blunt. I can be blunt, but I think that you can be diplomatically blunt, and sometimes, southern charm comes to the rescue, and I was brought up to be polite (welcome to my life of old times southern raising, that a lady is always nice.) So, I find her kind of rude. But I cant hold that against her.
My husband works 4 ten hour days, and attends nightclasses at a college that works with his job, so he is off on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so he comes and eats lunch with me on Fridays here at work. Everyone eats together on Fridays here in the office. Well, as you probably know, my husband is a mechanic, and he gets taken advantage of quite a bit. Two weeks ago, he joined me for lunch, and I was checking with him about a car he was supposed to be working on. Well, new girl jumps on that. "Oh, you work on cars???" blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
She proceeded to dominate the rest of lunch with this conservation, and her and my husband were going back and forth about cars. She was soooooo trying to impress him, and I was so getting irritated. So, I went home that night, and he asked me had I spoken to her about fixing her car and what day would be convenient and I told him no and informed him that I would not go down the hall and ask her when she wanted her car fixed.
Because I didnt care if it NEVER got fixed. He kinda of hinted that I had a problem with it, and I told him the only problem I had was that he spent MY whole lunch hour discussing cars with some engine hussy, and if he was that interested perhaps he should have found himself a fellow greasemonkette, because I dont do it. The only thing I do to my vehicle is put gas in it, refill the windshield wiper fluid and the coolant, and maybe remember I need an oil change. My hands are not meant to be greasy, and the thought of touching a nasty filthy engine makes my skin crawl. I am a girly girl. I admit it. I am not interested in what makes my car run. I only care that it runs.
So, fast forward to this past friday, after a week of drama that left everyone here in the office drained completely. New girl went to lunch with two other co-workers (thank the great Lord for that miracle!), and my husband came and ate and then left because I was taking a shorter lunch. She comes in and stands in the doorway and starts giving me the 3rd degree about my husband. Shes like Wheres your husband? did he not come eat lunch with you? Where was he going? Is he coming back? Yadda, yadda, yadda. So I told her in pretty much plain, rude terms "He left. And hes not interested in tweaking your spark plugs, honey, because hes got his hands full at home. And we arent talking a v-6...we're talking a v-10, baby, with a super charger!"
Oh, she got my point. So, I went home and told my husband what I did, and hes like "Were you jealous??" No. Just annoyed. I dont get jealous very often, and maybe, just MAYBE, it reared its ugly head for a second, but it was over before the word vomit above ever left my mouth. I trust my husband, but its irritating, because it makes a fool out of all three of us. The little Jezebel. And my husband was like, no, no, I dont like her, shes not even really attractive...and besides I have a fire at home. But its annoying. And how do I know that she isnt going to start trouble??
So, I am thinking now, is she a problem?? Or did she take my hint?? I will not apologize for what I said, I refuse. I am not sorry.
I have never experienced this before since I got married. Unfortunately, I get hit on all the time, but I ignore it, and Jeremy seems pretty confident in me to know that I would never do anything to compromise us.
I guess I dont really know if its a problem or what. Has anyone else ever experienced this??
My husband works 4 ten hour days, and attends nightclasses at a college that works with his job, so he is off on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so he comes and eats lunch with me on Fridays here at work. Everyone eats together on Fridays here in the office. Well, as you probably know, my husband is a mechanic, and he gets taken advantage of quite a bit. Two weeks ago, he joined me for lunch, and I was checking with him about a car he was supposed to be working on. Well, new girl jumps on that. "Oh, you work on cars???" blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
So, fast forward to this past friday, after a week of drama that left everyone here in the office drained completely. New girl went to lunch with two other co-workers (thank the great Lord for that miracle!), and my husband came and ate and then left because I was taking a shorter lunch. She comes in and stands in the doorway and starts giving me the 3rd degree about my husband. Shes like Wheres your husband? did he not come eat lunch with you? Where was he going? Is he coming back? Yadda, yadda, yadda. So I told her in pretty much plain, rude terms "He left. And hes not interested in tweaking your spark plugs, honey, because hes got his hands full at home. And we arent talking a v-6...we're talking a v-10, baby, with a super charger!"
So, I am thinking now, is she a problem?? Or did she take my hint?? I will not apologize for what I said, I refuse. I am not sorry.
I have never experienced this before since I got married. Unfortunately, I get hit on all the time, but I ignore it, and Jeremy seems pretty confident in me to know that I would never do anything to compromise us.
I guess I dont really know if its a problem or what. Has anyone else ever experienced this??
