You know, I said I wasn't bothered by it but then a waiter in a restaurant kept referring to me and my dining companion as "girls." It did bug me then. I'd rather be called a "lady" in that kind of circumstance. "Ladies" or "ma'am" makes me feel better and more adult than "girl." It makes me feel like I'm sixteen, evidently, when someone calls me "girl."
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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