06 May 2014

"Shout! Shout! Let it all out!" --Tears for Fears




















Hubs and I are at the library. We hear two men at the computers chatting.

Remarkably unattractive, unusually loud 60-something man: So, she wound up with EVERYthing. The HOUSE. The BONDS. EVERYthing. I TRIED to tell him but he wouldn't listen. ...That's why I'M not getting married. NO way.

Hubs and I exchange a look: Yeah, that's why.

It's not that you're ugly. It's not that you're so pale and doughy Pillsbury would hire you. It's not that you don't possess an inside voice. It's not that you're freer with your opinions than Rush Limbaugh. It's not because you think women are desperate for your money. No, it's because you CHOOSE to not be married.

What a prize. Hear the weeping of all the single women?



Question  #1: Why are the most adamant people the most clueless?

Question #2: What kind of friend consoles his buddy by saying, "I told you she was no good and you never should have married her"?

Question #3: Does anyone remember when libraries were quiet places and librarians would actually SHUSH you if you did more than whisper?


4 comments:

the dogs' mother said...

Wants to make you put your fingers in your ears and go, 'lalalalallalala!'

Mike said...

Cluelessness leads to certainty.

The Bug said...

One of these days I'm going to get shot because I would have had to give him a dirty look & he might have been the crazy packing heat person my husband is always warning me about. Come to think of it maybe that's why librarians don't shush people anymore!

lacochran's evil twin said...

the dogs' mother: Now, that they'd probably shush me for.

Mike: I'm certain it does.

The Bug: As good a theory as I've ever heard.