[Marilyn]

Lindsey, this urks me to no end when something like this happens. I know it's very hard, but you need to just shake it off, step back and look at the situation and decide how to proceed from here. These guys are not deserving of the energy you are using to fret over this. Being a female engineer working in a man's world, I can truly relate to your pain. My attitude is to rise above them and realize that I am doing an excellent job, they are the idiots. As long as they keep paying me well and I can find satisfaction in the work that I'm doing, then it's okay. I know I'm giving them their money's worth and then some. Don't get me wrong, I also get frustrated at times, and have closed my door to have a good cry, but then I do just as I've suggested to you, shake it of and get going.

Most of the men that I work with will make fun of a woman behind her back. I have a few nice customers who I believe would not participate, and my upper management would not, but middle management is the absolute worst.

Develop a plan of action and stick to it and let them eat crow. What goes around does eventually come around and they will get theirs in the end.

Hope this is of some help to you.