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Cool Broads never lose their cool

I just witnessed an example of a very "uncool broad" way to carry oneself.

After dropping my kid off at preschool, I waited to pull out of the church parking lot as an elderly gentleman waited to make a left hand turn into the lot. Though he was taking his time (as older people tend to do when they get behind the wheel of a car), it appeared as if a lady driving a big Lexus SUV behind him was in a hurry.

A few opportunities for the man to turn came and went, but he just sat there, with his indicator blinking. And the longer it took for him to turn, the more irritated the lady in the Lexus got. She honked, she yelled, she threw her hands up in the air in the “what the hell?” manner we’ve become accustomed to seeing. When the elderly fellow finally made his turn…the lady in the SUV hit her accelerator, yelled one last insult, and sped down the road.

That, my friends, is a total lack of grace. For starters, one day you too will be silver-haired and maybe a little shaky (for the Lexus lady, probably sooner rather than later…all that stress takes its toll, sister). We all love the independence our cars afford and if those of us who feel a bit unsure take it a little slower than we’d like…cut them some slack. Maybe when you're in a similar situation, someone will cut you some slack as well.

Also, Cool Broads never lose their cool. It ain’t gonna make any difference whether you pitch a fit or not…he ain’t gonna go any faster. You'll just get yourself hot under the collar, increase your blood pressure, deepen those lines between your eyebrows, and making yourself look like an ass.

Cool broads try their hardest to be generous and patient. We don’t get bitchy when the checkout girl at Kroger takes ten minutes to identify to correct code for cantelope (even though we'd like to lean over the conveyer belt and throttle her) and we don’t blow our top when we find ourselves behind the a-hole without exact change in the exact change line at the tollbooth.

If you chill out and play it cool, I guarantee you’ll enjoy your short jaunt on earth so much more (and maybe with a little less Xanax).

~tcb