You know how people ask you in passing how you are today? And we all pretty much answer with "Good", "Fine" or something like that? Well I decided not to do that anymore. It seems silly to lie, unless the person asking you is the person who pissed you off or upset you of course.
The last 2 months have been pretty rough for me and I didnt make it out into the world much during that time. So now that I am back out in the world again people who I am friendly with (but not friendly enough to know what is going on with me) ask how I have been since they haven't seen me in "awhile".
My favorite response to the "How are you?" question is to say "Well, lets see...my life has SUCKED these last 2 months. How have you been?" and then I watch them struggle to figure out how best to answer. Do they talk about themselves without asking what the heck was going on with me or do they ask me what happened? It's a funny thing to see that lucky for me, most of my friends ask what was going on. There were a few who ignored the comment and went on a LONG tirade about themselves but I dont like them much anyway so its no biggie really. I probably wouldn't have told them a dang thing about myself anyway.
Basically, I am running my own little social experiement to see how kind people I know are. I am happy to report they are all mostly very kind and I am a lucky woman.
My co-workers on the other hand...I realized the other day they are (for the most part) "literally too stupid to insult" as Stu would say (from "The Hangover" for those who don't know) so I mock them behind their backs (and sometimes to their faces but they don't catch on) and I mess with their bathroom spray but they are still the people who thought I would "bounce back" the day after my Grandfather died and be all better. Then had the nerve to say "Do you think you wouldnt be so sad if you had gone to see him in the hospital?" Yep. Those are my co-workers. They are kind people overall but they are so spiritually stunted it hurts me some days.
More on that at a later date! Peace and Fig Newtons My Friends!
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