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When a normal girl is hit upon, she will typically giggle like a dimwit and reciprocate, hiss and throw drinks and/or claws in the fella's face, or try (unsuccessfully) to ignore what he said or did.
I, unfortunately, am not normal. When a guy comes onto me, I don't handle it well at all. Well, not maturely anyway. I sort of turn into an eleven year old boy, which is nonetheless effective in repelling attention.
My best example of this to date happened today at work. There is a young man who, at first glance, seems like a total queen. No kidding. He's a big, fat, loud-mouth who calls everyone "honey." I thought he was gay until yesterday, when his girlfriend came in to drop something off. Having a girlfriend, however, doesn't stop him from flirting with everything with a vagina that comes in. So I guess that qualified me.
"Honey, I never noticed what beautiful eyes you have," he cooed at me a couple of hours before my shift was over. I smiled at him, nervously, and before I even knew why I was saying it, out of my mouth came, "Yeah, and I bet you couldn't guess which one is made of glass!"
The only thing funnier to me is that he believed me! "Oh, I think it's the right one. It has more glare."
"Wow. Most people aren't so discerning. Good job."
A while later, while talking with coworkers near me, Mr. Man exclaimed, "Can you believe she has a glass eye?"
Everyone looked confused, so I winked at 'em with Glassy when his back was turned and said, "Yeah, the doctor did a good job at matching up the colors. But you didn't need to announce my medical disabilities to the whole place, jerk!" And with that, I hid my smirk and went back to my duties.
Right before my shift was over, Mr. Man placed a sympathetic hand upon mine shoulder and whispered, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you."
With a deep, painful sigh, I glanced at him and murmered, "It's alright."

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