Stultitia

I grew up in very imaginatively practical home. Girls in my home were taught to imagine a life that was good, not a life with a boy. We learned to see ourselves for what we could be, not what we could be with a man. We did not fear men or despise them (well, much :-), we simply didn't think much about them at all, and the thought of actually needing one in order to survive was completely foreign.

And so, I must share a revelation which I daresay most have already experienced but which was shocking to me.

Apparently, some girls flirt with boys (I shall not deign to give them the name of men) by 'playfully' demeaning them. About two hours ago, I was in the company of someone who I know has "a crush", as it is pathetically called, on the boy with her. And for the half hour or so that they were in my company, I heard her call him "stupid", "annoying", and other such unfriendly names every two minutes. It got downright frustrating. What stupidity, or stultitia, as the Romans say!

I hereby make a promise to all men I know and will know. I will not call you stupid or anything else in order to get your attention on me. If I call you stupid, you can be assured that I will really mean it.

I'm just messin' wich ya. :-)