Roberta, Lilly and I were sitting at an outside table on a resort patio having a perfectly lovely chat yesterday, resting in the shade and enjoying each other's company, when this man came over and sat with us. He had a Scrabble game with him, and just plunked down in the third small loveseat in the seating area we were occupying. Before you ask, there were a TON of empty tables and chairs, so it wasn't because he didn't have anywhere else to sit. He sat with us. Uninvited and unwanted. We continued our conversation as we were, but he kept INTERJECTING into our conversation. We did our best to ignore him, but he kept butting in. So finally, I whispered to Roberta that I wanted to be rude. She agreed, but before letting me go off, said, "Perhaps we should take a walk around?" I said, "Yes, and I could use some water." Lilly agreed, and we all got up. As we walked away, the guy says, "I hope I'm not driving you away..." We continued to ignore, and went inside to find another table, where we sat for another 30 minutes.
DUDE. Understand this: You were neither invited nor wanted in our conversation. We ignored you, hoping you'd take the hint. We got up and left because YES, YOU WERE DRIVING US AWAY. What is it about dudes that makes them think that a group of women strangers would give two fiddlefucks about their opinion on ANYTHING? Like, if we wanted a man's opinion, we would have invited our own men to be a part of the conversation! Or like we would be all, "Oh! You've saved us from our girly talk and frivolousness with your SCRABBLE GAME AND SPARKLING CONVERSATION AND PERSONALITY!"
NO! All men! Leave a group of women to their own peace and conversation. They don't want you there. They WILL GET UP AND ACTIVELY LEAVE YOUR PRESENCE. JUST DON'T BUG THEM AT ALL.
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