{"id":1218,"date":"2023-08-03T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T19:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rovingcooks.com\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2023-08-03T14:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T19:44:29","slug":"little-lady-in-a-big-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rovingcooks.com\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"Little Lady in a Big Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I would argue that I&#8217;m more average sized. But our Dodge Ram 2500 truck is, admittedly, quite large. Especially compared to prior vehicles I&#8217;ve driven &#8211; Plymouth Colt, Saturn sedan, and other 2-4 door vehicles that don&#8217;t seem to inspire questions around their towing capacity or horsepower. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We rarely had comments directed towards Big Red while out on the open roads of the west; but since being back in the Madison WI area the last couple years, there have been a series of interactions that I previously would have thought only happen in RomComs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rovingcooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20220917_190342559-1.jpg?resize=640%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"girl drawing on truck\" class=\"wp-image-1262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rovingcooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20220917_190342559-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rovingcooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20220917_190342559-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rovingcooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20220917_190342559-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rovingcooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20220917_190342559-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rovingcooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20220917_190342559-1-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rovingcooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/PXL_20220917_190342559-1-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the acceptable, though strange category: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Whistles and admiring catcalls.  (Seriously. There was no mistaking that they were directed at the truck). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;That&#8217;s a beautiful truck you have there.&#8221; (Thank you! The backseat is so high you can&#8217;t see the crumbs &amp; empty applesauce cups.)  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Construction crews around our condo checking out the truck (as reported by an amused neighbor.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the Unacceptable-to-say-out-loud, please don&#8217;t category: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;What&#8217;s a little lady like you driving a truck like that?&#8221; (Getting groceries. I&#8217;m at the grocery store. Perhaps &#8220;what&#8217;s a truck like that doing in a lot full of Priuses &amp; e-bikes?&#8221; would have been a fair question.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;That isn&#8217;t your truck out there, is it?&#8221; (Yes. Maybe there&#8217;s a way this sound less creepy. But it comes out mainly sounding creepy). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;I&#8217;m surprised a delicate woman like you is driving such a big truck.&#8221; (I suppose surprises in life are good). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, folks, these are real comments said out loud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will now be taking suggested responses for any similar future interactions. (I like big trucks and I cannot lie?) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would argue that I&#8217;m more average sized. But our Dodge Ram 2500 truck is, admittedly, quite large. 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