Underestimated

It is so annoying to be constantly underestimated.  Society sees a blonde girl and assumes the worst.  I have always understood this stereotype and taken the blows with a grain of salt but sometimes it really irks me.  

I’ll be the first to admit I don’t know all that much about cars or computers but I know enough to get by and these two things are where I get the least amount of slack.  My computer was worked on by GeekSquad and after I got it back the scroll function no longer worked and my computer would pretty much freeze instead of “sleep” whenever I closed the lid.  I took it back and they “fixed” them.  Well, as I just discovered, their version of “fixing” the lid problem was just to change the settings to stay on and not sleep when the lid is closed.  DON’T LIE TO ME.  If that’s what you had to do then tell me that and I’ll say okay I understand, don’t tell me it’s fixed when the problem is still there!  I’m not that dense.  Ugh.

But as much as I needed to rant that out of my system it actually does relate to my vow of purity.  I suppose because I date or because I’m not ugly many people feel safe to assume I’ve had sex.  I’ll even admit that I assume the same of most people because that does seem to be the norm.  At least when I make this assumption I present it as more of a question.  Just the other night I had a guy tell me point blank that I’d had sex with guys before.  This was much to my surprise.  I asked him to please tell me when and with who because I certainly didn’t remember that ever happening.  

I struggle to not let these comments get to me but it really is best to turn the other cheek.  In some cultures they value reputation to such a strong degree that even a rumor of a girl having lost her virginity makes her undesirable but I really do not agree.  My belief is that God is the only one who can judge me so I don’t need to try to convince anyone on this earth of what I have or haven’t done.  I know the truth and God knows the truth and whoever I find to be my husband will trust me for my word. 

At least I’ve gotten past the point in my life when people thought I would never make it until marriage.  Six years strong proves a point.  Why stop now?

Don’t underestimate me.