Yesterday was Melbourne Cup day. It is a horse race and about as interesting as syringing your ears (IMO). But lots of Aussies watch it and bet on it, and there is a big fashion part where woman wear head dresses that look so bad that you try to think of reasons why people want to look like a duck has had a crap on leaf that they now wear on their head.
But too the point!
I had two very senior (female) reps over from Sydney and Melbourne who have known me a s a guy for ever. I relate well to them and I have bought heaps of stuff from their parent company. I told them ages ago that I was now me and if they had a problem about they never let on.
So, there we where watching the Melbourne cup having a coffee and a talk. It got onto to the fashion show. Oh this is more interesting, we spent the next 20 mins dissecting the clothes, shoes, bags, hats, fascinators (yuk) that the woman were wearing. And of course the odd comment about how big or small a persons teeth, nose, boobs, legs, bum and any other part of the poor woman's body or soul we happened to see.
It was fun and totally casual, and we were all carried away and a little bit taken aback how we had become so friendly together so quickly. We were always friendly but suddenly a whole new world had opened.
At the end it was weird, I got a 'so nice to meet you finally, kiss and cuddle' and a so happy for you etc.
I felt very accepted.
And of course my one bet a year on a horse race was a total loss
