Totally! It drives my wife absolutely nuts when she asks a question and the response is directed to me. I have a bad habit (from introversion) of looking or even walking away when my wife engages an SA in a store for example. She'll ask a question. I'll be looking somewhere else - maybe even have my back to the SA - and the answer will be directed at me! She added me to her business checking account. They put MY name first on the correspondence! She's primary on the cell phone account. They wouldn't make a change without MY permission! There's tons of these, big and small. The car thing is particularly funny (well, not really). She's completely into cars and she's a really, really skilled driver. I don't know anything about cars and have absolutely no interest in them. She drives a sports car, manual. I drive an old pickup. We go to a dealer and guess who gets the tech talk and sales pitch?Originally Posted by Bree_K
On topic, this goes to judgements about transition, too. People want you to fit their stereotype before they will give you their approval. As if you needed it.
Lea
