the dangling conversation
http://www.loserturdmafia.com/don't you just HATE it when you make a chance remark that leads you into a horrible revelation that you didn't want to make ?.
aka ... it's awful when you have to say something BIG to explain something SMALL ?
case in point ... this is an actual conversation i had recently:
friend of 4 years: "i'm surprised you never dated a professional kind of guy"
me: "i sort of did once. a psychologist. years ago. well ... we went on 3 dates, anyway"
fo4y: "you did ? ... you never told me THAT ! ... when ? ... where did you meet him?"
(uh-oh. here we go again ...)
me: "i met him at the relief centre after our house burned down many years ago"
fo4y: "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT ? "
me: "i ... um ..."
(insert interruption to my sentence via friend howling with outrage ... here)
fo4y: "your HOUSE BURNED DOWN ... you NEVER told me THAT ... i CAN'T BELIEVE your HOUSE BURNED DOWN and you NEVER told me ... you're unbelievable, you KNOW that ?"
(insert me now wondering who really has something to be upset about ... here)
me: "well, it was a very long time ago. and we were all fine ... yes, it was awful, but it wasn't the horror everybody imagines it would be, either"
fo4y: "but you didn't TELL me that YOUR HOUSE BURNED DOWN"
me: "do you need me to hit you ? are you stuck ?"
fo4y: "there's no need to be NASTY"
me: "i just wish you wouldn't keep saying it like that"
fo4y: "is it painful for you ?"
(insert me. now seething. (i happily recovered from this "disaster" quite quickly. it really disappoints people when i'm not traumatized) ... here)
me: "no. not at all. it affected my mother more severely than it did myself, but she's fine now"
(insert fo4y sniffing at a hope of suffering and throwing self at it (in manner of british teenager spotting david beckham) ... here)
fo4y: "oh, you're always thinking of others. you have suppressed your own pain !"
(insert me. completely over the whole stupid conversation and tired of being poked like a zoo animal ... here)
me: "i am NOT suppressing ANYTHING. we had insurance. yes, it was horrible. but it was JUST a HOUSE and it's OVER"
fo4y: "i can't BELIEVE you ... you're so secretive ... why are you LIKE that ? .... and TOUCHY ... GOD ! ... like i already told you, there's just NO need for you to get UPSET ... i UNDERSTAND how you feel ..."
ugh. somebody kill me



- nice name dropping n00b!!!