Re: Funny Story at the Gym

>People like to be appreciated for what they can accomplish, not what
>they look like. (With the exception of people who have accomplished
>looking pretty, in which case that's exactly what they want to be
>appreciated for. But you know what I mean. Or maybe you don't and
>never will.)

Sure - but what's wrong with a compliment or something like that? Just
because a guy smiles at me in the gym doesn't mean that he thinks of me
as a sex object - he presumably thinks of me as an attractive woman.
Nothing wrong with that, as far as I'm concerned. He's not someone I
work with, he does not need to appreciate my beautiful mind or my
numerous accomplishments - he sees me as an attractive woman, notices
me, and smiles. It's nice, every so often.

Now, mind you, I am an engineer, I hold a couple of patents, I have a
little consulting company for inventors, I'm working on a gadget of my
own - and I do not get any kind of sexual harassment in my work life.
When clients see what I know and what I've done, they take me
seriously. I suppose I'm secure enough in the idea that people
appreciate me for my knowledge and my skills that I don't mind it when
people appreciate me for my looks.

LM

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