Ladies, women, girls....

[kelownagirl]

Pika - actually come to think of it, I might shout the same thing.Maybe I have a double standard and figure it's something I can do but DH cannot?

But I ask you, would you have talked about them and referred to them as a lady? IE "That lady is really running fast"?

PS - Wish I'd known you, and Grog, were there on Sunday. I would have tried to hook up at some point and said hello.

[Zen]

But I ask you, would you have talked about them and referred to them as a lady? IE "That lady is really running fast"?

Never.
That sounds like something a child would say, not another adult.

The only instance I can think of where I would use "lady" is if I were waiting tables.
"Can I interest you ladies in dessert?" why, yes you can!

There is a woman at the front desk of my doctors office who calls me "hon" as in honey. Very unprofessional. And extremely annoying.

[Pika]

Pika - actually come to think of it, I might shout the same thing.Maybe I have a double standard and figure it's something I can do but DH cannot?

But I ask you, would you have talked about them and referred to them as a lady? IE "That lady is really running fast"?

PS - Wish I'd known you, and Grog, were there on Sunday. I would have tried to hook up at some point and said hello.

I agree- I would not have said- that lady has a nice bike, or that lady is running fast- I think most of the day I was saying " geez- did you see her? she was moving..or that girl with the leopard print looked like she need water- etc etc,
Would have been nice to meet you too- DH and I decided rather late to get there - we had dogsitters to find etc.
So glad we did though, it was a blast- I would do it again in a second.