![]() ![]() I’ve learned in my life not to dwell too much on people who are misaligned in my life. As empowered women, we have to find people who better align with our energies so that we can reach our goals. He was selling a $7,000 job and he lost the sale due to his disrespect. Most importantly, I flat out refuse to do business with this person. That would probably be the more mature path. I could also call his company and report his behavior in hopes that they have a productive talk with him. ![]() I concede that may not be the most mature path. I am going to ghost him like he ghosted me. Instead I told him I would call him about his service and I am not going to. I should have told that asshat that his repeated questions about my husband were offensive and showed him the door. This is an example of what sociologists call cultural annihilation, diminishing your existence by omission. We simply cannot allow this! We have to realize when it happens and refuse to do business with people like this. Most people do not balk when having to deal with me when it comes to our finances but there are occasional offenses like this. It was as if this man was shitting all over that narrative right here in my kitchen. This is something I have often had to reconcile in my career but rarely in my own home. I have crafted my message around empowering women when it comes to home finances and important family choices. I realized that what triggered me so strongly was gender discrimination. I rarely have this reaction to people so I spent some time trying to figure out why I had such a negative reaction to his very presence. Maybe pregnancy is partially to blame but I actively stared at him with hatred. He asked REPEATEDLY when my husband would be joining us, assuming that I could neither understand nor make a decision about the purchase. Two weeks ago a man came to give us an estimate for a water softener and filtration system. ![]()
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