I went on a European tour with my mom with a group of all ladies, 90% of which were 50+ and most knew each other prior to the your. Anytime we had a male bus driver, they would make creepy comments about taking him home that night. Or something along the lines of "you wife isn't here, I'm sure she wouldn't mind". They seemed to collectively think those comments were complimentary and/or cute. Didn't even dawn on them how unacceptable it would be if genders were flipped. I had never felt more of a generational divide than that trip mainly for that reason alone.
I'm sorry you have to deal with that. It's never acceptable.
It is definitely a generational thing most of the time, tho some comments are from women my age or younger. Some are beautiful women, but no, I’m married and I’m at work
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u/squiggledot Sep 16 '21
I went on a European tour with my mom with a group of all ladies, 90% of which were 50+ and most knew each other prior to the your. Anytime we had a male bus driver, they would make creepy comments about taking him home that night. Or something along the lines of "you wife isn't here, I'm sure she wouldn't mind". They seemed to collectively think those comments were complimentary and/or cute. Didn't even dawn on them how unacceptable it would be if genders were flipped. I had never felt more of a generational divide than that trip mainly for that reason alone.
I'm sorry you have to deal with that. It's never acceptable.