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So, the car salesman said to me...

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GooseyLoosey · 28/09/2011 11:38

"When will your husband be coming in to look at the car?"

It is some time since I had come across such a sexist comment and was at something of a loss to work out how to respond. I left, but was that enough - will he understand why his comment was offensive? Should I have explained to him?

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ecclesvet · 28/09/2011 12:01

Did you mention that you were married?

To give him the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he only assumed that your partner should also agree on the car in a consensual big-ticket purchase, rather than it being a husband's final decision type thing.