Originally Posted by
YouthInAsia
Last week was the first time I commuted on my bike, 12 miles each way roughly. My bike is kept in my office so staff see it and ask questions. (By-the-way, I'm the only man in an office of women.) Office staff have said things like, "Wow, that's ambitious!" and, "I'm impressed." What's up? Do they have this idea that all I do is sit in front of computers? That I'm not athletic? I'm not the type? Sheesh...
You've assumed that is what the ladies meant, and in addition you have taken it way too personally.
My wife says the same things to me about my commute, which is shorter than yours. What she means when she says this is that it is impressive to her, relative to the fact that she bikes a total of 0 miles every day. I would say the same thing to someone who cycles 50miles a day to commute, and I would mean the same thing by it.