Going into my cave for awhile

Things are not good. I didn’t get the promotion I was expecting after all. The reason I didn’t get it, and I am now quoting my boss, was “not a question of output, but rather of a precedent you are creating by leaving at 6.45 pm every day. Next thing you know, I’ll have the other girls getting pregnant and asking me to leave at 6.45 pm “.
So, not because I don’t do a good enough job, but rather because I create a dangerous precedent, I don’t get the promotion and am subtly asked to start looking for something else.
I can obviously say to hell with them, but the fact is I’m sad. I love my job, I love what I do and I don’t see myself doing anything else. And I feel profoundly wronged, I feel this is all so unfair, I hate it that others whose work is not as good as mine have gotten the promotion I was hoping for because they get out later than I do. I’m so hurt I’ve been on the verge of tears several time today. And I hate that.
Anyway, I’ll start looking for a new job, and even though my boss says there’s no hurry and that he is not pressuring me in any way, now that all has been said, I want out as soon as possible.

And now I crawl back into my cave.