I got fired for calling someone ‘dear,’ so why can women get away with it?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I travel for business. There are places in your country where women address all men as “dear” or “sweetie,” and no amount of requesting to stop will break the cultural norm.
Having been fired from one job for addressing a female co-worker as “dear,” I resent women in these places refusing to stop addressing me as such. To them, I am the one in the wrong.
Part of my issue is that my beloved wife of many years has never called me “dear.” She’s the one woman I would like to address me as such, but she thinks it’s a foolish thing to do and won’t.
It bothers me enough that I have told my boss that I won’t travel to those areas of the country anymore. As he is a good boss and I am an excellent employee, he does his best to give me assignments outside the “dear/sweetie” territories. Am I being too sensitive?
Miss Manners: I got fired for calling someone ‘dear,’ so why can women get away with it?
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