Tough Cookies

I come from Massachusetts, where I lived for almost thirty years. That in and of itself isn't a terribly significant fact. But when a Vermont girl tries to sell herself as the biggest badass in the world, at the ripe age of 20, I can't help but roll my eyes at it. Ok, maybe you're kinda tough, maybe you're kinda bitchy, you can be hard to deal with, but the thing is, honey, that I come from Massachusetts and I've seen it all. Down there *all* the girls are like you. They're raised that way, to be evil and venomous backstabbing whores. There are exceptions to be sure, like my awesome sister, maybe a few others, but the overwhelming evidence supports my hypothesis. Girls from Massachusetts are evil to the bone and rotten to the core. Once you've spent fifteen years in the Baystate dating pool you're tough enough to survive most things that any other woman can throw at you.

I've dated much worse than you. I was married to one of the worst pieces of work you'll ever meet, for crying out loud. And I've spent time with some real examples of human scum and trailer trash, women who will rip out your heart, show it to you, laugh, and then crush it under their heel. I've dealt with married women, psycho bitches, prostitutes, drug addicts, strippers, drunk crazy whores, and some really dangerous characters. And I mostly got out of all of those encounters without a scratch on me. I might have some emotional scarring here and there, but that just makes me more durable.

Now take the medical center. That was a place filled with tough bitches, girls with a lot of moxie, and gutsy chicks. And any one of them were perfectly willing to be confrontational and tell you flat out what they thought. Because that's what girls in Massachusetts do. They don't pussyfoot around, man. It's all right there laid out on the line, whether you like it or not, whether it hurts your feelings or not. They don't patronize you or try to soften the blow. They just kick you right in the nuts. You have to respect that.

Compared to the situation up here, anyway, which makes it a little harder for me to respect the person.