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People that know me well will tell you that I’m not a scaredy cat by nature. In fact, I laugh in the face of danger! Okay, so maybe I don’t laugh at it, but I will snicker at it occasionally. But I must admit there are a few things that strike fear in my heart. Things that are so horrible that I get a shiver down my spine just thinking of them. Things like bad bikini waxes and colon cleanses. Or the thought of Britney and K-Fed getting back together. Or something else that I experienced and lived to blog about.

I had lunch with an old friend recently. Shes a New York-based Broadway actress. My friend is a pixie — waifishly pretty, sweet and thoughtful. Youve seen her in a few commercials playing a ditzy young housewife and a cute first date trying to figure out how to use her new phone.

1. Dont throw like a girl. 2. Take it like a man! 3. Stop whining; you sound like a little girl! 4. Big boys dont cry. These are examples of things I recall being said throughout my childhood, and no one thought anything of it. However, recently, Ive been hearing these things again, and its really disturbing. It is a reminder that there is still a lot of work to be done in how we express what we value, especially to our children.