We took my FIL out yesterday to a car show, while there he bumped into a man ( late 50's or so) he'd only met a couple of times from a different branch of his car club, he introduced me and DH and the man said hello to DH then turned away from me and said to FIL " she's not nearly as ugly as you told me she was" without acknowledging me in any way, FIL was a bit taken aback and I'm not too sure what he said as I was too busy picking my jaw up off the floor , I just turned to DH and said "Did I hear that right?" DH was as stunned as me and said yes, I just said "what a prat" and walked away, at which point DH said to him " Do you usually insult women you've never met before? you're lucky no-one has ever punched you" and walked away to join me.
FIL then came to us and tried to make light of it saying that it was just the man's sense of humour , not that he had apologised or anything
I cant believe anyone would do that, not with someone they barely knew, in fact it's an awful thing to say to anyone. I still can't quite believe he actually said it.
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Deliberately sexist, or just an idiot?
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BelaLugosisShed · 19/11/2012 13:12
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