What is Weaselism?

My explanation, my story.

 As a teenage girl I saw weasels trying to score using tacky one-liners like "if you love me" or "we'll just cuddle". Teenage boys, the pride of the weasel starts at a young age! I learned the hard way, you can't believe them blindly, you have to follow your "gut". Had I listened to my gut I would have saved myself from a lot of first date/last dates and ultimately a rape. But I learned. I grew from these weasels. A weasel can hide behind an innocent face, it can say all the right things and lure you away from good judgment. It can make you ignore warning signs. Girls, STAND YOUR GROUND! Sex is amazing, but only if YOU want it. Don't get pressured, don't get in a hurry. The physical is great, but the emotion that binds you to the act is far better! If that smooth talking' weasel can't wait to get to know you, let you know him? Well, then you are going to find yourself naked in the back of a car sweaty and cramped thinking "is this it?" It will leave you feeling like shit about yourself and that can start the damage to your own value and self worth. Ladies, the value you set upon yourself and your beliefs will always be higher than that of the smooth talking' weasel trying to scratch his itch!

 From this experience I grew more independent, more cautious of people around me. If you ever want a lesson in people, go to your local Mall and just sit and watch people. People of all ages. You can learn a lot about society by just watching. You will see the signs and be able to use them when it's time. This is what I have done for the last 28 years and I also taught it to my daughter who is now in her 20's. It gave her better radar and saved her from repeating many of my social mistakes.

 I got first hand experience with weasels in businesses when I worked for a local fast food industry. They put a weasel in a position of power (where they always aspire to be) as the night manager. I got to experience sexual harassment at it's finest and how to quit a job feeling good about it! I learned quite a bit from the local library and law enforcement friends about this issue and how to deal with it. I got to use that knowledge a few more times over the years, not just for myself, but also for others who were experiencing weasels at work (male and female). The last time I had to experience this first hand was thankfully the last! Once his ass was fired, mouth slammed shut in court, and shot down on his own married home front....he was gone for good! And I say good reddens to bad garbage! And this one is not just for the ladies.... MEN TOO... if that flirty weasel is in a position of power, turn it against them, take their power by standing up for yourself and tell someone, anyone and keep saying "NO" until they get the hint and if they are too stupid to understand....well, get legal and use the law to your advantage!

 As a small business owner, I have heard the horror stories about shoddy business practices played out by weasels in business. Whether it's a fast talking sales person over selling you on an item you really don't want or poor quality at cheap prices, I have heard it all. And don't even get me started on big name computer manufactures and their "idea" of technical support!?! UGH!!!!!!!!! Wake up people!!!!! If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't true at all! If you are uncertain about a purchase, ask around, do some research online, but don't be pushed into a quick sale. I have customers ask my opinion all the time. They bring me fliers from other businesses and ask me if it really is as good of a "deal" as advertised. I don't get offended, I would rather they buy something descent (even if it isn't from me) since I know I have to work on it in the long run??!! 

 And lastly, my personal home life.... I am a mother of 2+2. By this I mean, I have two children of my own (1 divorce and 1 relationship) and 2 from my current husband (1 divorce and 1 relationship). I have seen weasely kids come sniffing around my daughters and befriend my son. I have had to bare a weasely skirt chasing ex-husband, a psychotic ex-boyfriend, my husband's weasely mother, crazy ex-wife, and psychotic by-polar ex-girlfriend. I have learned more about myself and my strengths and weaknesses as a mother, a wife, and as a friend as well as taught my husband the truth about weasels in our day-to-day lives. We have grown stronger together. I have even watched 2 of my own children walk the walk and talk the talk and no matter how much I tried, they chose to go ahead down that path? But as a parent I feel I have done my job, I educated, I told them truths most parents wouldn't and like all of us, they made a choice (not a good one, but they made it). I did everything right and yet I still feel as though I "lost"? Then I realized something important..... THERE ARE NO WINNERS AND LOSERS IN LIFE, IT IS BUT A JOURNEY WITH MANY PATHS LEADING IN MANY DIRECTIONS. With that thought I found hope and I have faith one direction will lead them back the right way and they will learn a lot on their journey, just as I have. It may be painful, but with great pain we tend to remember the lesson!

 So, that's my story. Weaselism is a way or a thought. A weasel can be a person or a place. If it's shifty, shoddy, backdoor dealin', low, depraved, or shitty it is weasely in some way and all has the same outcome..... it leads to PAIN, SUFFERING, DEPRESSION, ANGER, and lastly LEARNING!