Another interesting day...

It was another interesting day.  I dropped the antique car off at my mechanic’s in another town, for some air conditioning work (the seals were failing on the compressor.)  He knows my gender, and simply omits any gender-specific references.  

My wife picked me up, and we ran some errands in that town.   

At one stop I was addressed as “Ma’am.” At the second, no gender specific greeting was used.  Then we stopped at our favorite sit-down restaurant for lunch…  The male customer going in ahead of us held the door for us saying: “go ahead, ladies.”  We both replied “thank you, sir!”  They were seated, and then the host greeted us: “Good afternoon, ladies.  Will a booth by the window work for you?”  It worked, and he seated us.  For the entire meal, we were two ladies having lunch…a very pleasant thing.  Female customers who went by smiled, and I returned the smile.  (My wife’s back was to them…)

When it was time for the check, the server placed it between us…as he should have.  (And my wife paid the bill…)

Here is a picture of my outfit for the day:

Another day of affirmation!