Today, I gave up trying to make any friends at my job as a firefighter. I'm the lone female, and am the subject of gossip with the older men. Anyone I try to befriend ends up hitting on me, while others won't even talk to me because their wives are jealous. FML
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Today, I tried to flirt with some firefighters. They were too focused on the fire to notice my hints. FML
Today, I lost all of my male friends at work. Why? The new girl has my same interests and a prettier face. FML
Today, I was hanging out with friends of the opposite sex, which is the norm for me as I don’t get along with most women. Every time I spoke, I got ignored or spoken over, and they kept asking me what was wrong. Ugh, men. FML
Today, I'm confused. My incredibly hot coworkers thought I was repulsive for the past two years, but now that they've heard through the grapevine that I'm in a serious relationship, they won't leave me alone. I can't get through the day without being hit on. I hate it. FML
Today, I went out to a bar with some of my friends. They're all in committed relationships, but every single one of them got hit on. I'm single, and yet again, nobody even said hi to me. FML
Today, I overheard some gossip and learned I’m apparently the department weirdo everybody tolerates, but don’t actually like. It’s like high school all over again. Now, everywhere I go, I can feel my coworkers tolerating me just for being myself. I’ve already cried 3 times. FML
Today, I realized that I'm at the age that whenever I mention a friend of the opposite gender, my family's first response is asking whether that friend is single. I've already accepted no one will want a pathetic freak like me, so their poking around what few friends I have makes it awkward. FML
Today, I made the mistake of uttering the phrase "I’m not like other girls" at work when discussing how I prefer staying in and reading over going out to a bar. Now none of the other girls in the office will talk to me and are calling me a "pick-me." FML
Today, I've come to terms that I'm only living to work. I'm going to be 25, no friends, never had any experience with women. Been trying all year to meet someone, hasn't worked out at all. Dead end job, school did nothing for me. I literally just exist to work, and have no happy memories at all. I give up. FML
Today, I realised being the only female engineering student sucks. I have exactly one friend, because everyone else is too busy staring at my boobs to have a conversation. FML
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teeheeowned 10
Look on the bright side! You must be attractive if coworkers hit on you or ignore you because of their wives.
singer0421 32
I feel that pain OP! So many people are like "oh stop complaining that people like you." Well it's ****** difficult when you can't maintain any real friends. Sorry OP :(
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ahsanmasood 4
Give them time! They are probably just intimated and scared! But just give it some time...they will eventually come around. You just keep doing what you are there for! Saving lives of other people! Your colleagues will eventually come around. I know it's difficult, but look at it this way...you are not only saving lives, but you are also an amazing role model!
WeskersSexslave 15
Their loins are on fire.
Shandra78 9
My Uncle is a retired firefighter. He's a racist, sexist, homophobic S.O.B. who used to drink like a fish and still smokes like a chimney and spent most of his 40 years of marriage cheating on his wife until he got too old sick and ugly to keep doing it all. He was forced to retire early, ostensibly, because he refused to learn to speak french. More likely, everyone finally got sick of the guy.
Miss_Whipped 43
And the relevancy....?
Sniper_Chick4110 20
'Male Firefighter' #65. What law said they needed relevancy to comment anyway. So sick of these people who make it thier mission to be Judge, jury and executioner in the comments section.
CupOfCoffee 14
Oh wow, that must be a very hard life you're living... No, but seriously, I understand what you're saying. I don't know why people always look for more if a person is being friendly and outgoing.
SpamPam 18
It's called male entitlement
MsMurphy8613 12
1. Know your trucks better than the guys do 2. Don't take any shit 3. Have a sense of humor I've been a female firefighter for nearly ten years, luckily I wasn't the first at my department, but the three things above have helped me immensely. Good luck!
amisenho 11
Agreed. Also, if you remove your gender from what defines you as a person, particularly in male-dominated fields, you'll have no problem getting along with the opposite sex (however, it did become a problem when guys started confiding in me about a female coworker they wanted to boink).
SpamPam 18
Just because you can ignore your own gender doesn't mean that others will sadly
MidnaLink 33
I feel like I'm reading the plot of the early episodes of Chicago Fire.
FemalePilot 1
I know exactly how this is. I'm in aviation & it's exactly like this. Just keep your chin up, do your best, & it'll improve over time. Or eventually become their superior & it'll be a good thing you didn't get swept up in drama :) good luck to you!
amasianashley 2
No one cares
Goblin182 26
I guess its a good thing for the fire fighters that they work in a male dominated world. I wonder what kind of living hell their wives would put them through if they worked in a job where a lot if not most of their co-workers were women. Insecure wives/GFs are a pain in everyone's butt.
cat0720 9
Men who can't take a woman seriously just because she's a woman are a pain in everyone's butt.
thomcmoore 23
I would never hit on my sisters. Come work with me!