i went for lunch with my friend lisa today.
i like lisa. i've known her for a few years and i have liked her no bullshit attitude and frank talk. we have travelled together, as our husbands are close friends. we've spent a lot of time hanging out walking or talking.
lisa does a lot of talking. like, A LOT. i call it yammering because it's endless and monotone and one way. conversations always rotate around her family, her brother, sister, niece, nephew, the inlaws. i have known her at least 4 years and she just asked me the other day how many siblings i have. i know almost her entire family history.
so today we went for lunch at a cafe. good food. she brought her daughter, which was fine. the kid is cute and quiet. quiet equals cute in my opinion. if you're going to holler and shout and squall, please do it on someone else's time and not mine.
when lisa wasnt talking about the baby, she was fussing over her. hey, she's allowed...she's the mom. when i'd go to talk (and trust me, there are not many opportunities) she would be distracted by other patrons in the cafe. after about 10 minutes of that, i grew tired. how can you possibly enjoy someone's company when they wont pay attention?
and i dont have kids. obviously. lisa knows that we dont really like or want them...that being said, why must every conversation rotate around them? parents really dont understand that not everyone is cut out to be a parent, nor are they cut out to listen to you talk endlessly.
sometimes i think social graces are completely lost. conversations should be a two way street. a "how are you" (and mean it) and a pause so that someone can actually answer "i'm fine" or "i hurt" or whatever. it seems to me that there are too many people out there only willing to talk to you as if you are a microphone plugged in waiting to be spoken into.
it's behaviour like that which makes me take a big giant daddy step back...monologging drives me nuts.
i went for lunch with my friend lisa today.
i like lisa. i've known her for a few years and i have liked her no bullshit attitude and frank talk. we have travelled together, as our husbands are close friends. we've spent a lot of time hanging out walking or talking.
lisa does a lot of talking. like, A LOT. i call it yammering because it's endless and monotone and one way. conversations always rotate around her family, her brother, sister, niece, nephew, the inlaws. i have known her at least 4 years and she just asked me the other day how many siblings i have. i know almost her entire family history.
so today we went for lunch at a cafe. good food. she brought her daughter, which was fine. the kid is cute and quiet. quiet equals cute in my opinion. if you're going to holler and shout and squall, please do it on someone else's time and not mine.
when lisa wasnt talking about the baby, she was fussing over her. hey, she's allowed...she's the mom. when i'd go to talk (and trust me, there are not many opportunities) she would be distracted by other patrons in the cafe. after about 10 minutes of that, i grew tired. how can you possibly enjoy someone's company when they wont pay attention?
and i dont have kids. obviously. lisa knows that we dont really like or want them...that being said, why must every conversation rotate around them? parents really dont understand that not everyone is cut out to be a parent, nor are they cut out to listen to you talk endlessly.
sometimes i think social graces are completely lost. conversations should be a two way street. a "how are you" (and mean it) and a pause so that someone can actually answer "i'm fine" or "i hurt" or whatever. it seems to me that there are too many people out there only willing to talk to you as if you are a microphone plugged in waiting to be spoken into.
it's behaviour like that which makes me take a big giant daddy step back...monologging drives me nuts.
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