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Am I right to be really really annoyed about this.......

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LadyBlaBlah · 19/11/2010 14:12

So, I have my own business and a few weeks ago was at one of those hideous networking meetings. It is clearly a business venue.

I got speaking to a guy who also had his own business and we had quite a lot of business opportunities in common, so we were talking for quite some time. Exchanged business cards and said we will keep in touch.

So, I sent a message on Linked In saying "I met you at the networking meeting in X and would like add you to my professional network".

I have just received an email back saying " Hi sexy , great to see you on linked in, stay in touch etc"

I am really really incensed by this. My immediate reaction was "oh my god was I flirting with him?", but I bloody well wasn't. We were talking about business.

This is fucking objectification in practice and I really fancy a bit of Thelma and Louise style revenge. Do you think he deserves it, if so suggestions please. Smile

Jeez, I thought he was a fucking decent guy too.

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StayFrosty · 22/01/2011 13:36

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TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 21/01/2011 18:44

I would complain to LinkedIn as well - they do have codes of conduct they ask people to abide by.

I have £20k to invest. I'm just waiting for the guy from Lagos to drop it into my account. PM me!

ScarlettWalking · 21/01/2011 18:13

Loving this thread and EDK :))

FlamingoBingo · 21/01/2011 17:54

Oh how I wish I could click 'like' on people's posts on MN!

StewieGriffinsMom · 21/01/2011 16:56

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HerBeX · 21/01/2011 16:50

Now I want to know if Sexybloke has ever got back to LadyBB

wukter · 21/01/2011 12:50

Come on EDK, put a bit of effort in! Call us dolls or ask if our husbands are looking for investment opportunities.

Anniegetyourgun · 21/01/2011 12:46

Oh, isn't EDK joining in the spirit of the thread by pretending to be a dodgy businessman?

Apologies for popping in uninvited btw, I suddenly realised I hadn't made a nuisance of myself in the feminism section for ages.

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 21/01/2011 12:18

EDK, don't you think that annoying people by posting something irrelevant on random threads will actually make them less likely to invest? I certainly wouldn't want to go into business with someone who behaved like that.

EDK · 21/01/2011 11:49

I am in the process of starting up an indoor play centre in the Sidcup Kent area. Found myself slightly short of funding. If anyone is interesting in investing up to 20,000 and becoming part of the enterprise then please let me know.

vezzie · 22/11/2010 13:29

I think Dittany is in love.

booyhoo · 20/11/2010 00:52

dittany, have you been on the sauce? Grin

LynetteScavo · 19/11/2010 21:50

Grin at crap social skills.

dittany · 19/11/2010 21:49

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sethstarkaddersmum · 19/11/2010 21:45
ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 19/11/2010 21:41

I was wondering "Who is this poster and what has she/he done with the real dittany?"

dittany · 19/11/2010 21:25

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Unrulysun · 19/11/2010 21:07

Not sure it's about sharp radar or about the communication you had with him. Some men just see women as targets.

claig · 19/11/2010 20:17

put it down to experience, there are all sorts of arseholes out there. Don't get involved or prolong the contact. It's a good lesson, your radar will be sharper next time. I was taken in by a conman once. He pretended he ran a business empire, and I fell for it. That's how some of these twits get their kicks. But it taught me a good lesson, and I was less gullible afterwards.

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LadyBlaBlah · 19/11/2010 18:25

I haven't heard back

I do wonder

He genuinely seemed like a nice bloke. Sleaze radar didn't go off which was why I was so shocked when I received it.

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MadamDeathstare · 19/11/2010 17:06

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TheFeministParent · 19/11/2010 14:44

OP...Perhaps a sharp 'I would prefer that you do not address me as 'sexy' it's wildly inappropriate and find it, and you, objectionable.

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LadyBlaBlah · 19/11/2010 14:44

Anyway, have sent the MadameDeathstare email and let's see what the creep comes back with!

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LadyBlaBlah · 19/11/2010 14:42

That's it Orm. You feel / have the illusion, that you are having a neutral relationship with someone, a business relationship and then WHAM they come right back at you and put you in your place with such comments.

It's fucking depressing

Even more so that women think it is alright

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