Magic Week

Well it has been. So far my week has been BRILLIANT and my plans for the rest of it are only going to make it much better.

Sunday I met my favourite actor, Benedict Cumberbatch. The day was amazing (I did a write up of it here which I'm not going to copy and paste because it's 2000 words) and I met an awesome person, Anna, who kept me company for most of the day. It was lovely and worth it and he's so so sweet.

Monday was a bit meh because I had work but I picked up an extra shift at work which I desperately need. And I got to see some of the people I work with that I've not seen in ages because of the shifts I've been working which was nice.

Then came my birthday, today. About midnight people on tumblr started to wish me a Happy Birthday and that write up I did started to collect loads of notes. The people in chat wished me a Happy Birthday too, complete with a sing along and virtual cake. Which was incredibly sweet of them. Then I checked my email, at 2am, as I was going to bed.

I had my offer letter for exchange.

I am nominated to Exeter!

I'M SO HAPPY.

Plus tomorrow I go to the Easter show and Friday I have my birthday party.

Like I said, this is a magic week.

Compliments and Shirts

To begin, I love fandom shirts. I adore the variety they add to my wardrobe, the colours they usually come in and most of all the delight I get walking around with something I love on my shirt. It's a great feeling and I've shirts for almost everything I like- from Doctor Who to How to Train Your Dragon and even Discworld. Wearing them is a thing I do and I do it often.

I also get comments on them. Something to be expected, people like these things too, and well part of the joy in wearing these shirts is when people comment and we strike up a conversation. I've talked to some lovely people because of it.

But it's nearly always girls who comment. Nearly always, I can recall one time a guy complimented my shirt but it's an anomaly. Don't get me wrong, I don't particularly care either way if it's a guy or girl commenting, I'm not wearing these shirts in search of a date or anything and someone commenting is always lovely regardless of sex. It's just...odd?

I really just want to figure out why it's like this. Is it because of the make up of my class is mostly female? But I've gotten comments from passerbys so it's not that. Is it because I only look open to compliments when women are nearby? But I've been reading books when I've gotten a comment, so it's not that either.

Do guys just not comment on this kind of thing?