LANGUAGE, CLOTHING, AND FOOD ARE DIFFERENT – PEOPLE ARE ALL THE SAME – EVERYWHERE.
ON WEDNESDAY I SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY WORKDAY DISCUSSING THAT CONFUSING, TUMULTUOUS WHIRLWIND KNOWN AS BOY-GIRL INTERACTION. SAHIL, A 20 YEAR OLD INDIAN INTERN AT MY OFFICE, WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE A GIRL HE’S BEEN SPENDING TIME WITH WAS BEING “FUSSY.” SHE WANTED HIM TO GO SOMEWHERE WITH HER AT 11AM – BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE AT WORK. SHE KEPT CALLING HIS CELL PHONE, SAYING SHE NEEDED HIM TO GO WITH HER, THAT HE HAD TO GO WITH HER – BUT OF COURSE HE TOLD HER HE COULDN’T, BECAUSE HE WAS AT WORK. THIS BACK AND FORTH BEGAN A HUMOROUS TIRADE FROM MY NEW FRIEND ON WHY WOMEN ARE THE WAY THEY ARE! (AND HOW HE JUST CAN’T UNDERSTAND THEM!)
I NEVER THOUGHT I WAS OLD – OK, I’VE THOUGHT IT, BUT NEVER REALLY BELIEVED IT – UNTIL THIS CONVERSATION. I WAS ENTHRALLED BY SAHIL’S YOUTHFUL PASSION ON THE TOPIC AND WANTED TO TELL HIM “IT WILL GET EASIER AS YOU GET OLDER, TRUST ME” BUT INSTEAD I DID WHAT THOSE I LOOKED UP TO AT HIS AGE DID FOR ME – SAT BACK AND LISTENED TO HIM EXPLAIN LIFE’S FRUSTRATIONS AS ONLY A 20 YEAR OLD CAN.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF SAHIL PRETENDING TO WORK:
DURING OUR DISCUSSION HE MADE SEVERAL HILARIOUS POINTS THAT MADE ME LAUGH – LISTED BELOW FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT:
1.) HOW COME WHEN I GO PLACES AND I ASK HER TO GO, SHE SAYS NO AND THAT IS OK WITH ME. BUT WHEN SHE ASKS ME TO GO SOMEWHERE WITH HER AND I SAY NO – HER VOICE DROPS 3 OCTAVES, SHE TALKS VERY SLOWLY, AND ACTS SO SAD?
2.) WHY IS IT THAT I TELL MY GUY FRIEND I’LL CALL, AND 10 DAYS LATER – WHEN I HAVEN’T CALLED, I TELL HIM I WAS BUSY AND HE SAYS “OK.” BUT WHEN I DO THAT WITH HER – SHE IS PISSED AND I HAVE TO SUFFER FOR DAYS?
3.) HOW MANY STUPID ANIMATED FLICKS (I.E. DISNEY MOVIES) DO I HAVE TO WATCH????
4.) I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN I CALL AND SHE IS BEING FUSSY, I SAY “WHAT’S WRONG” AND SHE SAYS “NOTHING.” THEN I SAY, “DID I DO SOMETHING?” AND THERE IS SILENCE – SO I KNOW IT WAS ME, BUT SHE WON’T TELL ME. I SPEND HALF MY TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I DID WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE!
YOU HAVE TO ADMIT – THESE POINTS REMIND YOU OF AN EARLIER TIME IN YOUR LIFE! (I KNOW THEY TAKE ME BACK A FEW YEARS!) WELL, I GOT TO MEET LITTLE MISS DIVA THAT AFTERNOON, AND BOY IS SHE A PIECE OF WORK! IT WILL TAKE QUITE A MAN TO KNOCK HER OFF HER PEDISTAL. WE EVEN HAD OUR OWN LITTLE VERBAL INCIDENT AT THE MARKET - WHERE SHE TOLD THE SALESMAN THAT I WAS NOT BUYING THE FRUIT I’D PICKED OUT BECAUSE IT WASN’T RIPE ENOUGH. I WAS LIKE “EXCUSE ME?! I MOST CERTAINLY AM BUYING THAT FRUIT!” (IN MY HEAD ADDING – “MS. BOSSY-BUTT!”) SHE KEPT SAYING “NO” – I KEPT SAYING “YES, I WANT IT” UNTIL FINALLY I HAD TO PULL THE SALESMAN TO THE SIDE AND SAY “PUT IT IN THE BAG! I AM BUYING IT RIGHT NOW!” IT WAS QUITE A SHOW! AS WE LEFT THE MARKET I SAID A LITTLE PRAYER FOR SAHIL AND HIS DEALINGS WITH THIS ONE! – A PRAYER I’M SURE MANY MOTHERS SAY FOR THEIR SONS WHEN THEY BEGIN DATING “LITTLE MISS THING.” (AGAIN, I FELT OLD.)
ALL THIS DRAMA MADE ME APPRECIATE MY LIFE WITH HANKO EVEN MORE, AND MADE ME WANT TO PLAY HIM THAT OLD ROD STEWART CLASSIC – “HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY?” (IT’S A GOOD SONG – IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD IT IN A WHILE YOU SHOULD MAKE A POINT TO CHECK IT OUT. HECK, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW PROBABLY HAS 3 COPIES YOU CAN BORROW! – BIG STEWART FAN, THAT WOMAN!)
ON A DIFFERENT NOTE: EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON, I WENT TO AN INDIAN CLOTHING STORE WITH THE FEMALE INTERN AT MY OFFICE. HERE’S A PIC. OF ISHA (Pronounced "E-Sha"):
I PICKED UP A FEW THINGS, SO EXPECT TO SEE PICS. OF MY NEW INDIAN ATTIRE SOON!
ON ANOTHER (STILL DIFFERENT) NOTE: GUESS WHO’S BACK!!!
YEA!
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