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This whole morning I was thinking it is Sunday. Mother's Day.
And then I look at Denver weather forecast which is spectacular. I'm trying to corral a woman into a date for a patio lunch and I don't know why she keeps making this so difficult.
She makes it so difficult, *Pepé le Pew voice* "It iz thee little girl in her, no? She likez zee game of chase" that when it comes I'm in a poor frame of mind.
This is part of my sales pitch. I'm trying to create a picture in her mind.
Pick a day. Then be picked up. Free ride, no driving. Have lunch and drinks. For free. Enjoy amazing entertaining company and conversation that you just don't get elsewhere. And stop being such a difficult bitch.
Maybe I can hone my pitch. Possibly edit part of it.
And then I realize it's actually Saturday.
And I'm all, "Oh man, these time warp things keep happening all the time. I just now earned a whole day! My life just now got stretched by twenty-four hours. Thank you, Time Warps, I like it when you slow down like this. It gives me time to catch up. More time to live. It's like cheating. But that's physics for you."
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Good luck with the pitch to the bitch
Noticing and reflecting on the judgment/response of bitch that comes up when women in the Friends and Relatives category do not immediately engage as wished or fawn over the awesomeness and splendor of the non-mutually hatched Wonderplans presented to them, might be at least as worthwhile as time spent honing.
Why?
They make an offer, I take it.
I make make an offer and they'll get back to me. Then don't.
I dutifully remake the offer and they'll get back to me when they return from Toronto. But they don't
I make yet another offer and they finally take it.
Predictable as all shit.
Bitches.
But I love them so.
And they love me.
But they're still bitches.
For pulling that.
So reliably consistently.
Jump through the hoop. Jump through the hoop. Jump through the hoop. Sit. Stay. Good boy.
I've not previously seen or heard the word bitch used as a term of endearment in spoken or written language.
Wiki defines it this way: Bitch, literally meaning a female dog, is a pejorative slang word for a person—usually a woman—who is belligerent, unreasonable, malicious, a control freak, rudely intrusive or aggressive. When applied to a man, bitch is a derogatory term for a subordinate.
What does it mean to you?
Who cares what Wikipedia says about it?
It's a word broadly understood to mean a difficult person, man or woman.
If she were a man then I would call him a cunt.
Incidentally, I mentioned this to a friend a few days ago, and using this same language.
He said, "I know!"
He's experience the same thing. She makes setting up a date difficult. For anything. Lunch with me, brunch with a group, any party, any occasion. Any holiday. Any arrangement.
Any arrangement.
"Let me pick you up and we'll drive out to the nursery. You might see something you like."
And then that turns into a week long planning session as she sort out her moods.
It's a pattern. A bitchy little patten. Identified by all of us.
To her directly:
"Thank you for coming with me here to the Woods. You know, I mentioned this place to Paul and he suddenly showed 10x more interest than everything else that we talked about. What's the name of the restaurant again? What's the name of the Hotel? What road is it on? What's the address? Is that Brighton Boulevard? Is that in Rino? (River North, a new area being rapidly built up. Over a place where we used to hang out.) How expensive is it? You said mostly young people? View of downtown? View of the mountains? Outdoor patio? So I was thinking if that little bastard swings down here before I do with you then I'm going to be cross. Did you have to be such a bitch about getting here?"
Make her explain herself because that pattern is wearisome.
One could say childish.
Perhaps, girlish.
Nobody does that to her. And we deserve better.
I don't like it.
It can definitely be irritating when someone acts childish or prefers to play a game rather than honestly relate and own their part.
There must be something valuable or enjoyable about this difficult person for those who are talking about her behind her back and identify her as a bitch to keep attempting to relate to her.
Who cares what Wikipedia says about it?
It's a word broadly understood to mean a difficult person, man or woman.
"What does the word mean to you?" was the question posed, and it appears to have been indirectly answered with a less than honest or accurate response.
While the wiki provides one broadly understood definition, there's also a number of dictionary definitions supporting the fact that "difficult" is not the main or secondary trait identified with the term/word "bitch" when applied to a woman.
Look it up.
Notice how many times the word "offensive" comes up in the description of the word. As it does here with the Merriam-Webster definition:
a. informal, often offensive: a malicious, spiteful, or overbearing woman
b informal, offensive — used as a generalized term of abuse and disparagement for a woman
Then ask yourself if you're willing to tell your sister or your niece that you not only thought your niece was a bitch for the way she responded to you regarding the unasked for photos and album you'd sent (for her to put together), you'd also publicly shared that thought with others online.
To take it a step further, consider telling the woman who was handling her grief in ways you didn't appreciate that you thought she was a bitch for putting you off and not going along with your plans; and if she happens to be the same woman you are hoping to make plans with now, letting her know you've twice labeled her that would be the honest path to take. Should there be a third woman who's recently brought the term to mind, then I encourage you to tell her to her her face (or at least on the phone) how much you'd like to get together with her even though you think she's a childish bitch and see where that leads
How fun and good would it be if their understanding of the word matches the broad understand you hold, with your sharing leading to mutual enlightenment!
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