6479 Home again, naturally.
Feb. 21st, 2004 06:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Went to lunch at Einstein's bagel with Danny and his wife. After, we went to see In America, which was nice, but maybe a bit too sad for me right now. Too many people dying, even with the positive messages. After the movie, we went to the galleria to get her a purse, and to wander-chat.
Dan's wife is pretty much the same... her world view and mine don't really match up, and she doesn't really listen to other points of view. I can amuse myself by answering some of her statements with silly smartass replies and watching as she continues with the conversation, obviously never hearing (or choosing to ignore) what I had to say. She seems to prefer monologues *disguised* as a dialogue.
Today's Example - She was talking about how many more opportunities women have for jobs today, than when she was younger. My reply was an admittedly over-snarky "well, there are a lot of jobs from when you were a kid that aren't available to folks these days, too... like buggy-whip manufacture, butter churner and quill inker... those opportunities are lost to today's youth by automation." She just went on talking without batting an eye, not a laugh, not a sneer. It got Danny to giggle a wee bit, though. Sometimes I wonder if Danny and she have whole conversations with one another, never hearing what the other is saying... synchronized, but no data transfer.
I'm already hungry again. I should've gotten them to drop me at the grocer, and gone home from there.
Also, got a nice email from Katt today... Among other things she's told me to let Danny know that she telecommutes about 99.9999999999999999% of her work time now, followed by maniacal laughter.

Dan's wife is pretty much the same... her world view and mine don't really match up, and she doesn't really listen to other points of view. I can amuse myself by answering some of her statements with silly smartass replies and watching as she continues with the conversation, obviously never hearing (or choosing to ignore) what I had to say. She seems to prefer monologues *disguised* as a dialogue.
Today's Example - She was talking about how many more opportunities women have for jobs today, than when she was younger. My reply was an admittedly over-snarky "well, there are a lot of jobs from when you were a kid that aren't available to folks these days, too... like buggy-whip manufacture, butter churner and quill inker... those opportunities are lost to today's youth by automation." She just went on talking without batting an eye, not a laugh, not a sneer. It got Danny to giggle a wee bit, though. Sometimes I wonder if Danny and she have whole conversations with one another, never hearing what the other is saying... synchronized, but no data transfer.
I'm already hungry again. I should've gotten them to drop me at the grocer, and gone home from there.
Also, got a nice email from Katt today... Among other things she's told me to let Danny know that she telecommutes about 99.9999999999999999% of her work time now, followed by maniacal laughter.
my goodness how could anyone be bothered with her?
Date: 2004-02-21 07:41 pm (UTC)Re: my goodness how could anyone be bothered with her?
Date: 2004-02-21 08:15 pm (UTC)