Why would a man be surprised to hear you are a qualified tefl teacher?

Nice!

Could be boobs,

Could be socially awkward.

Either way, I wouldn’t read too far into it.

Breast are distracting.

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I have to stop myself from checking out people’s butts :joy::joy::joy:

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Doesn’t happen to me. But, then, I never had much to look at. Consider it a compliment.

Me too :stuck_out_tongue:
It’s like my eyes automatically gravitate towards butts or boobs even when I have no sexual interest in the person, and I sometimes have to force myself to make my eyes look straight ahead instead.

When I was in hospital, one of the lady’s got really pissed off with me for it, and as she walked past me, she full on deliberately made eye contact and made a point of looking at my boobs :joy::joy: I was so taken aback and was like okay maybe I should stop looking at butts but it was never on purpose :joy: Just so used to walking with my head down to avoid eye contact!

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Women breasts are attractive to men but it can be bad or good, test the guy politeness in other situation and you will understand,

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Take into account what you were wearing also! Both parties can learn a lot from what is being shown or not shown.

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I know as a woman I should say “omg that’s offensive”, but I kind of agree with you.
I can’t always control it, but I’ve found I’m more likely to stare at someone’s butt if they’re wearing tight pants, and someone’s boobs if they’re wearing revealing clothes.
Why wear clothes that aside from screaming “I want to be looked at, here are my body parts!” almost invites people to look, only to get offended when the “wrong” people do? I don’t get it.

There a certain amount of professionalism that goes along with clevage. It can be offensive in situations. Obviously you’d want someone who your attracted to notice your figure, but on the other hand a dinner with their family might not be the time.

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its totally fair for a man to be intersted in a woman’s working life, after all, men have a right to want to be with someone who is finacially not badly off.

stressful, that I am a quieter girl and it is a temperamental thing really and in some classes for TEFL you are teaching upwards of 80 students at a time. And, what he said next has really annoyed me. He said ‘‘But teaching is a normal job’’ (like my job isn’t normal? Did he mean it was a better job than working in a bakery?) So I said, ‘‘well all jobs are normal’’. I’m not quite sure what he meant but it led me to believe that given feminism and what have you men judge women now on their career/profession. And that kind of sucks. I never wanted to be judged by the standards men have typically been judged. It’s a different world out there and I am not sure I like the wholesale abandonment of the conventional roles of man and woman.

Anyway, it seemed a little arrogant. He is a software implementation specialist for financial institutions and I am in a pretty modest and humble job at the moment :frowning: But what exactly did he mean? Am I taking it the wrong way?

I would ask him what he really meant by that. That’s the only way you’ll really know what he’s thinking. By normal, he could have just meant he didn’t think it was high stress and meant nothing about your bakery job at all. There’s nothing abnormal about working at a bakery. Some people love it and it’s their career. And that’s great. Don’t be so apologetic and worried about your bakery job. I thought working at a bakery was great and had no problem telling people I did it when I did.

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Baking is a “normal” job too. Don’t let that guy make you feel bad about yourself. Poo on him.

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@Diana_Ross7. You should really give yourself a break. From reading your posts, I get the sense that you are your own harshest critic. There is nothing wrong with working in a bakery–its a perfectly respectable job.

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I think he meant its not a particularly stressful job.

That’s it.

Baking is a solid job, you shouldn’t undersell it.

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If you love baking and that is your job that is part of you and how you express yourself. If you are happy with it that is what is important. People who care about you will like you for who you are. Just be you and don’t worry so much what others think. There is absolutely nothing wrong with baking. If you want to teach then teach. To thine own self be true.

your job is fine. don’t be ashamed. we have a saying in Greece “no job is shameful”. all jobs are good as long as you make a decent living.

I wouldn’t want to be a baker. But if it pays well and you like it, why not? I rather be a meat cutter or mechanic.

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