But after that flip it red comment I thought she looked young myself.

Have you never had a girls night out after 18? I have. My husband, his friends and our son have a "just the boys" day every so often involving comics, movies and eating out at their favorite place.

Age is not a factor that I know of. Maybe maturity is since when we want to go out and have fun we use different descriptors.

Yes, I've had girls' nights out, and called them that too. That's a vernacular usage. As you say, you use different descriptors when you are going out to have fun.

The GOP congressman was in a professional context, however, and he was using the word girl as a put down. I doubt he would call himself a boy, or like being called a boy, in that context.

Who doesn't know that people called black men boys in a derogatory way? That is not what this was though, was it?

If you read my first subject line you see I said he should have said lady or woman. That means little to me though since I called all the girls my daughter was friends with ladies since they were little.

And that's very cute, that you call your daughter's friends ladies. That's not uncommon. It makes them feel so grown up, doesn't it? But I think when they actually do grow up, and are in professional situations, they will prefer to be called women by their colleagues & other professional associates.

Nice talking with you. I've made my point and I'm done.

Methinks there are a lot of afraid conservative, white men out there.

...another woman in the House!

Democrats are leading the way.

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