![]() I might avoid certain parts of town that had potholes. “Now, if I had that car, I’d take really good care of it, right? In fact, I’d be careful taking it out. ![]() I thought I knew where he was going with this, but I wasn’t sure I should feel good about being compared to a car, even if it was a 1964 Ford Mustang, the coolest car ever of all time. I squinted at him and huffed through my nose. “Okay.” He lifted his hands to stop me, then said, “Think of yourself as a 1964 mint condition Ford Mustang with all original parts.” Accepting these gestures, simply because I’m a woman, is not equal treatment.” If I want the same salary as a man in a similar position, then that means I can open my own door and put on my own coat. ![]() “Quinn, it makes me feel like a hypocrite. “You’re not going to start holding doors for me that’s not going to happen.” We can’t both be holding doors all the time. By your logic, I should be holding doors for you. “But it also makes me feel like I’m showing the world that I’m weak. Doing these things, even though they’re small, give me an outlet to show how I…what I think about you.” ![]() ![]() Then he said, “Kitten, have you ever considered it’s my way of telling both you and the world that you matter to me? It’s not about you being a woman. He leaned against the arm of the chair behind him, folded his arms over his chest, and looked at me like I was the most adorable thing he’d ever seen. ![]()
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