TMI Little Mama
Earlier tonight I was relaxing with a magazine at the UP pool while the kids took a dive. After ahwile I ended up in the following awkward chat with the mom of a bajillion toddlers sitting nearby.
Lady: It’s nice that your kids are getting old enough so you can read at the pool.
Merritt: It really is, I’ve waited years for the summer it would be possible and it’s finally here.
Lady: Every month my husband asks if we need to use anything and I just tell him it doesn’t matter so I don’t know when I’ll get to read at the pool.
Merritt: Oh.
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I had to read that three times before the “duh” hit me between the eyes.
She was just echoing the cheer at Camp Northstar in the summer classic “Meatballs” - “It just doesn’t matter”.
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Wow! Sounds like the magic happens just once a month. I keep hearing that is the norm, but I didn’t want to believe it. Merritt, I know the conversation was uncomfortable for you, but thanks for taking one for the team in order for me to gain valuable insight. My captcha: diplomat signature
Merritt, I’m going to give you the hint I used when riding the train to the DMN - earbuds.
You don’t have to actually have them plugged in to anything, just tuck the other end in somewhere where it LOOKS like they’re plugged in. You can still hear your kiddos, but anyone wanting to tell you their mating habits will think twice, because you’re reading AND you are listening to something, to all appearances.
What an extraordinary conversation. Isn’t anyone private anymore? On the other hand, Merritt can get people to say things they ordinarily wouldn’t.
Bethany, you could also do what a client of mine from the early 1990s did. You can have “the finger” tattooed on the side of your face. That seems to keep people from striking up a conversation.
Miles, I’m deathly afraid of needles. I actually fainted the last time I had to have blood taken from my arm - before the needle actually touched my skin.
Can I just give the person the finger instead?
Yes Bethany, I see the finger as All-American. After all, George Bush has even given the finger to the constitution, and that has seemed to fly just fine.
At least with four Supreme Court justices, Miles. But, at least as of yesterday, not with five.
Oddly, my Capcha words are: “rules Willie.” Again, I say, not random.
Just tell them to leave you alone, you’re busy. Disarming, yes, but effectively frees you from the bane of their existence.
Charles: Alito, Souter and Thomas are bothersome but balanced well, and Justice Roberts’ adherence to stare decisis is so impressive I’ve developed a crush on him. The only worrisome one is Scalia, and we have Reagan to thank for that.
Just tell them anything they say will probably end up on the blog. That will shut most people up.