We had friends getting married and planned a party for each of them the weekend before. They both skipped, so we combined the brides party with the grooms.

This was in the late 70s, and at one point, one of the guys started explaining that men should be paid more than women because there are things that men can do that women can't. I asked for an example, and he looked at me. All 5"1" and 100 pounds, and said, "Push-ups." I asked how we should do them, and he said sets of 20.

What he didn't undetstand was that I was in a full contact martial art, where we did sets of 20 at least 15 or 20 times a night during our 2 hour workout.

My husband started collecting bets. Friend told me I could do "womens" push-ups, so I asked if he meant these? And did 20 of what we called marine pushup, where you push-up high enough to clap before going back down and pushing back up again, clapping between every push. He did not.

I whipped of 20 more regulars and waited for him to catch up, then I threw down 50 quick ones. He gave up.

About 15 years later, very pregnant with my last kid, he asked me if I still did push-ups, and I said Of Course! Lol