I guess there's ALWAYS a bright side... while this is somewhat appalling it's also pretty darned funny...I keep going between being annoyed and amused.

So, Friday night I'm out on a first date with another guy from the online sight I joined... he's spent most of the evening talking about himself... but finally asks about my interests and specifically about my ride the week before (Lighthouse Century)... so I describe the beautiful day, the scenery and all the amazing wildlife we saw, including the whale....

I finish and he says, "Yeah, I can tell you ride a lot..." I said, "Oh?" and he says...... "Your legs are like tree trunks. You look really good!"

uhhhhh.... HOW do you respond to that. I just sat there with my mouth open while Mr. Oblivious continued the conversation, obviously believing he'd just given me a wonderful compliment.

TREE TRUNKS???? There are SO many other adjectives.... well sculpted, nicely toned, muscular quads... the best thing he could come up with was "tree trunks"... sheesh. Now I feel like an abnormality. Look, I KNOW I'm not skinny... but I think my legs, despite being large, look pretty rock solid thank you.

yeah, annoyed and amused all at once is a weird feeling.

So, what DUMB stuff have men said to YOU since taking up cycling???