Unsure about my G/F coming to my work

I'm like Jen, I'm the type of woman who doesn't care what others think or have to say about me. My husband use to work on a farm with nothing but a bunch of guys who had no qualms about "man talk". Well, one day, Mike brings me to work with him and there I am, 5 months pregnant with our son, sitting in this barn with 10 guys who all smell like alfalfa and axle grease. All of them are trying to remove a stuck hydrolic hose to no avail. So what do they do, they break out the big guns! They put the hose in the vice clamp and Mike proceeds to get up on the work table to get better leverage with the dohicky (that power tool they use to remove lug nuts from semi's, whatever it's called)... and little ole' pregnant me starts laughing at this image in front of her.
There's my husband, standing on a work table, legs spread, hose clamped in vice between his feet, dohicky in his hands and a bunch of guys standing around asking him "are you a MAN or a MOUSE??"
So little ole' pregnant me starts laughing... everyone turns and looks at me wondering what's so funny. I look at Mike and tell him "Hon, I can't help it. I've *heard* of men wanting to feel the power between their legs before but this is the first time I've ever actually seen it!"

Needless to say, the barn erupted in laughter and "the wife" was pretty cool in the eyes of the "guys" after that.

The guys I work with can get down right nasty. I'm the only woman and I probably talk more crap than any of them. But a while back we had a female material handler come in who was nice looking, She worked there maybe 6 months. I was surprised at how respectful they all were. I was afraid all hell would break loose because they were comfortable talking openly around me. I was thrilled to see they could be gentlemen after all. And yes, I behaved too!!:giggle:

It can definately be tough in the workplace. I work in collections on a team of 8 women (I refer to it as the "PMS Fest" after a bad day of work, lol.) And they can definately be just as vicious as a group of men..! It is interesting to see how a group of people of the same sex can definately group together and get downright nasty sometimes. Ostracization is not uncommon but honestly, from whast I can see, people that are ostracized deserved it.. I personally live life as if I do not care (which really, I don't) and instead of being a suckup or what I call "a caterer" who fawns over people, I have found that you meet better friends this way than going along with the crowd and acting, which gets one nowhere good :) Have your own identity, your own trademark, and wear it proudly, and that is cool.

seems like these guys are crossing the line, and have been doing to for quite sometime..........first i would not let her come in until i have spoken to the ring leader (and you know what i mean, theres always the main guy that starts the stuff) pull him to the side look him right in the eye and tell him that you don't like it, and be firm......they might talk behind your back, you can't stop that but they will respect you when your around, and that's all you can ask! Let your "friend" know the situation, and if she feels she can handle it, then its all good......................girls are tougher than we think, although mine is a little timid, not towards me though!


good luck!