"If she doesn't stop being so bossy, she's never going to find a husband." My uncle informs my mother one night in the car when I run in to pick up our honey baked ham. This, the same uncle who has been barking orders at all of us...in German...for the last few decades. Including his partner of 33 years.
I'm not usually one to speak in stereotypes, but I gotta ask...why is a man who knows what he wants and speaks up about it considered assertive and confident? While a woman who knows what she wants and speaks up about is called bossy? I'm campaigning to have that word eliminated from the English language. Along with the word nag, spinster, and a few words for the female anatomy.
Obviously, my uncle has never watched Wife Swap. Have you seen some of the crazies on that show? PS...all married. Or Dog the Bounty Hunter? Beth Chapman is my idol. Maybe you can be as bossy as you want to be as long as you're wearing hot pants and stilettos. Note to self.
PSS...Is it really the end of the world if I never "settle down?" I mean, some of my married friends look at me like I'm carrying around a bottomless hot fudge sundae. And when I talk about things like naps or sole possession of the remote control, their eyes glaze over a little.
So, I'm dying to know...if you could eliminate one word from the English language, what would it be?