I bring you the latest installment in the continuing series I like to call Snakes on a Plane, detailing the absurd remarks of weird people I meet on my travels.

I was trying to read Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a book I, a former English teacher, have never read. I was just getting offended by the description of the slave Eliza’s being “indulged and petted” by her mistress when my seatmate decided he wanted to talk.

“Do you work?”

“Of course,” I said, with a look to indicate, “Do I look like I would fly first class if someone else weren’t paying?”

“I don’t know,” he said. “You might have a rich husband.”

“Hmmm.”

“My wife doesn’t work. Well, she’s involved in a lot of charity work. It keeps her busy. She has her girlfriends she plays golf with, and her sisters. It’s good for her to have some outside interests. Some men like to isolate them, but I don’t believe in that. That just backfires on you. Then you become their only source of entertainment.”

Women of previous generations: You mean to tell me that back in the day you had to listen to that stuff with a straight face?!

Women of this and future generations: You mean to tell me that you still think feminism is an outdated, unnecessary concept?!