sticks and stones may break my bones...

... and words will inevitably hurt me.

so, here's the thing.

i will always always ALWAYS be the girl in the male dominated industry.

unless you, you, and you want to go to school to learn how to engineer something,

there's no getting around that.

my line of work is all about relationship.
relationships win work.

so does doing good work.

{i do good work.}

all of my mentors have formed relationships with their clients.

i mean, some of them go away for the weekends with their wives and such.

until i find a husband who likes to golf and doesn't mind socializing with engineers,

i keep it to lunch and the occassional ringtone swap via bluetooth.

i am nice.

and fun to work with.

and can't help it if i'm totally awesome.

{and maybe a little cheeky at times, too.}

so, when the curious,

exaggerate-the-truth,

excite-the-masses

minds default to something so freaking far from the truth,

and i can't help but be hurt.

brazen comments like

"your illicit relationship with so-and-so"

or

"i wouldn't want to intrude on your little lunch date"
hurt.

so there.