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I also came to a realization during the concert. I keep my redneck, country girl side buried at work. I work with a bunch of girly girls who look down on anyone not like them. I decided that this is who I am. If they don't like it they can go hang! I am who I am. I happen to like being outside rather than inside. I enjoy getting dirty working in the garden. I'm proud of the fact that I can fix things. I like wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a ballcap rather than dresses and heels.
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I'm sure with you on this......left all my "fancy" cloths in California when I left 6 years ago....& I haven't had the need to use them once. Even when I worked as an engineer with all the guys, I never dressed in dresses & heels.....always dressed in pants & cloths just like the guys.
Last time I ever remember having the desire to wear heels was in Junior High for graduation.......& never again.....I hate fingernail polish & if you mess with me feet for a pedicure....only thing you get is a kick. Hate long fingernails working around horses & animals & around the farm, they only break off anyway.....so WHY BOTHER.....I it definitely FEELS GOOD to not waste my time on makeup or any of the other useless things that seem to be what so many are interested in......besides....I am usually running so late, I wouldn't have the time to waste messing around with those things anyway........so me.....is just that....just plain me....you don't like it....not MY problem cause I do.....so I can really relate to how you feel. Luckily I never was around women that much & guys really didn't notice one way or the other.
I only had one sexist manager that commented on my review day that I really should dress more feminine.....I told him where he could take his comment.....& none of the other managers felt that way & he was just a jerk anyway that really didn't bother me because in reality, he wasn't important in terms of my career anyway.
Now that I'm living where I do, most of the women around me are exactly the way I am cause they all have their farms they are working on & we are all the back to nature people.
Have to admit, the only time I do dress in a skirt is when I go & enjoy my ballroom dancing....but then, I'm not doing the competition thing so I don't have to do all that bling clothing which I wouldn't be comfortable doing anyway....but I sure love the dancing (when I have a good leader to dance with).....that's probably the only feminine thing I truly enjoy in life.
Hope things are going ok with your new supervisor.....there is always that period of time when it's sort of in the "break in" mode....hope it will be ok in the end
