Wow, cat, now I'm sexist as well? You know I didn't know whether you were a man or a woman until you pointed it out when you felt I was being condescending. Hey, maybe you're right, I should take the fact that you're a woman and may be offended more easily into consideration.....THAT would be sexist. Oh, and I am an awful ogre who thinks all women should be quiet and just look pretty, all us guys here at the trailer park and in my gun club agree.
JMO (Can't wait to see this quote in a black box soon!)

I have tried to tell you that I am sorry if I offended you in any way. You don't know me, you don't know much about me at all and I find the fact that you want to make broad assumptions about me CONDESCENDING. I didn't knowingly try to offend you or even say the first thing about the kind of person you are in any way. You are now calling me sexist and think by adding JMO that makes it OK? Believe me when I say I have NO need to show anyone how "wonderful" I am nor was it my intention to try, you may want to rethink that belief at least in my case. Wow, now who owes whom an apology?

And Wonka, while I appreciate your well thought out responses and the fact that, as someone who has been through their own MLC, you have some very good insights. I don't mind that you sometimes can be a bit harsh in your responses, we're all adults here, right? I don't appreciate your "highly amusing" observations about my "backhanded" comment that had nothing to do with anything cat "pointed out" but everything to do with the fact that she felt offended by my response. I have re-read my response and wonder, if cat was a man, would you find anything I said "offensive"? That "backhanded" comment wouldn't have been made if she hadn't pointed out she was a woman. In fact since I had no idea whether cat was a man or woman until she pointed it out it's impossible for me to have responded in a "sexist" manner. If cat had said "Do you always......to Martians" I would have said "...some of my best friends are Martians...". You seem to really like making broad generalizations about the "men here" and how they feel about women!(Oh, did I just make a generalization about you based on a single post?) Of course, the fact that I'm offended by being called sexist isn't relevant since I'm not a woman and I'm just another male LBS who just doesn't "get it" yet so it's OK to call me whatever you like, right?

You guys really put me in my place! I'll go crawl back under the rock you must think I live under now that you got me pegged as a condescending, sexist ogre! Can we cut these personal attacks out now? You want to point out where you think I'm making mistakes in my sitch? That's great and I thank you for your thoughts and opinions. The other bits about my motives or opinions about women, not so much.