Or am I just becoming too self-sufficient to accept it?
I haven't lived at home for over 10 years... and I've had my own place for over five years.
If my toilet stops working, I fix it.
When my headlight goes out, I change it.
The mornings my car wont start, I jump it.
I lose something down the sink, I retrieve it.
Arms full and need a door opened, I use my feet.
And sometimes when I'm out and a guy doesn't hold the door, or cuts me off, or is just plain rude, I wonder if chivalry is dead...
But then I think maybe they would have treated me differently, given half a chance, but I was too focused on doing it myself.
There are still the guys who reach for the door, and our hands collide in mid-air. As I pull my hand back, I'm grateful... and a little ashamed... and I chalk one up for them on the side of chivalry lives on.
3 comments:
Well, apparently it is just a Southern expression to say "jump off the battery" instead of "jump the car," but it's still a charming mental image of you taking a flying leap over your hood in your office clothes.
-- SJ
I admire your self sufficiency, Lindsay. I really think there's a balance of that and remembering to let men be chilvaros.
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