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two B's and a C
two B's and a C Charlie met Boomer and Bartlet (yes, it’s one t, ) at the park after lunch. It’s snowing in that soft way that quiets everything and there was a low fog that made the ground lift up and blur. Boomer and Bartlet are pups about 5 months old. They cede Alpha to Charlie in play which is good for his hips but still tussle with him which is good for his weight. Boomer had some snarls on his snout a while back and his Dad took him to a pet store instead of a groomer. Boomer is a gorgeous fluffy 40 pounds of messy black and white fuzz. When he appeared, post desnarling we all gave him conciliatory rubs and extra treats. Poor thing, he knew his cuteness had been mega compromised. Dogs have egos. Bartlet is a brown lab with the softest most liquid golden eyes. He will slip between your legs or lean against your flank and just stare at you…..i call them cookie eyes. And he wins, every time. Not at all pushy, just brilliantly compelling in his demeanor, wistful almost. ‘I would take it if offered but really ma’am, nothing is expected.’ A con dog. Without the wind, it was easy to just stand, chat, watch them play, the conversation drifting from politics to music to poop to men to night crawlers……..women are so varied, eclectic and yet we have this common thread. We have a flow that is much like water, easily diverted and yet singularly driven to an end goal. I know men wonder how we can spend hours just talking without an activity. I wonder how they can’t. I was having lunch with a friend the other day. We were talking a mile a minute and a group of 8 young men sat down next to us. We’d been there an hour already. They all immediately opened phones and not a word was exchanged until they ordered. Meals came, they ate in silence while occasionally doing something on their phones. They left. We stayed at least another hour after that. It was so other that JJ noted it. Why go to lunch together? What’s the point? As we were leaving, still talking, walking to our cars, she said something hilarious and we fell into each other laughing. I remember thinking at that moment, I will know her for the rest of my life. I wonder if any of those young men have had that thought, or does that not compute? This is a blog about nothing much or it’s about something. You choose. You cannot conceive the many without the one. |
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[image] just in case it doesn't stay in the blog. this is not a pic of the table we saw, but the premise is the same. so for real? why bother? You cannot conceive the many without the one.
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I choose that this is a blog post about something. I get that phubbing is rude sometimes, but I guess that's not the point of the post. At least the decade is 1980s onwards! And I am the first to comment on your dastardly plot!
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WE, Those young men? I had meals with my girlfriends in restaurant in the 80's... those young men, would sit next to us and not talk and also not have phones in front of them. Super awkward. They almost always wanted to join us, and I don't think it was just to flirt. Women talk, men mostly don't. My ex-husband didn't have any close friends. The one he did, that guy did all the talking and then my husband would open up. With me, we would talk for hours, when we first got together. I couldn't talk as much once we had the kids, I was either having to breast feed, change diapers, or feed them, or I was exhausted and trying to sleep. We got into that habit. When I tried to start our conversations again, once the kids were older, he would fuss and say he was tired, which I tried to honor. And then.... And then it was too late. kk The observant make the best lovers, I may not do right, but I do write, I have bliss, joy, and happiness in my life, Kitkat Come check out my blog KItkat1415 check out this post by me Adventures In Body Grooming #39 April Topic Link: What Lies Beneath If April Showers Oh Bloody Hell What Kind Of Weather Turns Me On Bloggers Symposium 40
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I do find it so annoying when someone sets at the table on their phone during a meal or when we play games. I don't think it always means they aren't good at communications though but they haven't realized that life is more enjoyable when you are there now wherever you are. Vive La Difference
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I would love to sit around a dinner table with wine and talk to you for hours! Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Other women cloy The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies. For vilest things Become themselves in her, that the holy priests Bless her when she is riggish. ~~ from Antony & Cleopatra
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Cell phones were a great invention that has made our lives so much more productive. . But strangely, they also have lead to the loss of our ability to communicate. We've become accustomed to talking without any eye contact. . We can say things on the phone that we could never say in person. It's rather sad that it's becoming cheaper and cheaper to use. . If it was very expensive, it might only be used for important issues, and general conversations would have to be done in person.
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I think KK is on to something. Men also seem to be mostly seem to be mostly missing from some of the other social stuff I do - Meetup group hikes, dinners, museum visits. I went to a neighborhood political meeting to prepare for the 2018 election - it was about 25 women and 3 men. What are they doing with their free time? (I think I might need to turn this into my own blog post).
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What you get for being attached to your cell phone. I been seeing the younger generation tapped into much more then us hugs V Become a blog watcher sweet_vm
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