Comments on: Things I learned over the weekend

By: anne

anne — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:44:21 +0000

mig, the more i think about this the more i think you’re not talking about yourself but about people you observed breaking rules you already instinctively knew about.
like, do you even OWN clothes other than a dark suit? in my mind your closet is like a row of dark suits, with the only exception being those baggy butt-crack revealing sweats you shovel snow in.
and for self-deprecation in language? you’re just so completely not the type to respond “damn straight i’m fluent; although of course german is easy.”
and while i don’t doubt the detrimental effect of the sweet, sweet booze– still, it’s not like a man who lists 3 separate drinks (Guiness, gin, and single malt) as his favorite is one who doesn’t anticipate a flush of brilliance to be followed by a tongue-tied numbness.
AND the only reason it’s hard to talk to beta is because you still really, really want to talk to her. a lesser man would have given up the second she hit puberty, and thus wouldn’t even notice the awkward pause.

so, you dark-suited, modestly fluent, sweet talking papa type– i think you’re re-reading a book with which you are already familiar, which is more like a refresher course than “learning”. anyway, you should take it easy on weekends. that’s what i think.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:38:45 +0000

Wonder if she would be more likely to talk to me if I didn’t turn everything she says into a Bug comic.

By: sue

sue — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 03:53:59 +0000

My kids (both women) talk to me, but they are 43 and 38. It’s nice to discover that your kids are genuine grown-ups–and that they find it interesting to talk to you as grown-up to grown-up. Of course, my tongue gets shorter day by day as I bite it to keep from taking the “I am your mother” approach.”

By: TH

TH — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:27:06 +0000

Well, now that I’m over 40, talking to my Dad works. 4000 km distance between us help too.

“The love to one’s family increases proportionally with the distance”