:Went for an evening paddle tonight with my friend (who recently finished building his skin on frame kayak!)

We paddle by a couple guys who yell "Hey nice canoe! Did you make it?"

To which I get to respond "Yeah I did!"

And then they start cussing me out "Like hell, liar!"

"No you didn't. Your boyfriend made that for you. Your BOYFRIEND MADE THAT FOR YOU!!"

I laughed and was like "actually no, I made it."

"Nahhh no you didn't"

My friend pipes up and goes "Yeah she did, we both built our own boats. We are BOTH boatbuilders."

Then they start yelling (at this point I'm just ignoring them and paddling as fast as I can away)

"If it wasn't your boyfriend it must been your DADDY! Daddy built you that canoe, huh? Haha! It's either your boyfriend or your daddy but it sure as hell wasn't you!"

They were gone by the time we paddled back and I'm thankful.

I'm so fortunate that being an engineer / pilot prepared me for such worse sexism than that and at this point in my life I'm able to brush shit like that off and enjoy the evening on the river.

But also. Don't do shit like that. Advocate like my friend did. Don't be an asshole. Don't raise your kids to be assholes. Thanks!!!! Enjoy your evening paddles