THINGS THAT USUALLY SURPRISE PEOPLE ABOUT ME
These are in no particular order; rather they’re either as they came into my head, or as my hands typed them. A few are phone-related and people are always shocked about those revelations. If you have any to add, please let me know.
1) For TV shows, I’m strictly a channel 2-11 girl–I never watch cable series.
2) I drive a stick–always have.
3) I don’t text. If people have something to tell me, I have multiple phone numbers and multiple email addresses. And a real mailbox!
4) I’ve rarely chatted on the phone for over four years now. If someone wants to chat, rather than impart information, they’re always welcome to make plans to see me.
5) I’m the opposite of cell phone obsessed. Hardly anyone even has my cell number, and if they do, they know it’s for emergencies only. And yes, lunch is an emergency!
6) I’m neither a dog nor children lover. I know–this revelation isn’t surprising- it’s shocking! I love Clarence, of course, and my first dog, Bud, and my just-turned-eighteen-year-old favorite friend, Ronnie Hazel, Jr. I’ve had other kid friends over the years, and, of course, I liked them. But, in general, I think that most kids are obnoxious, mainly because of their parents. And dogs should not be in stores and restaurants.
7) I don’t believe in marriage. Period. I’m not against it–I just don’t see the need. I don’t need a piece of paper, or some stranger “pronouncing” me anything, to be with Mr. X. We’ve outlasted some people’s third marriages!!! If one of us would want to leave, (which just isn’t going to happen,) we can, with no legal wrangling. People say to me, “Well, if you have children…” No. That still wouldn’t matter to me. It’s a stupid rule, and I’ve never been interested in it. Even when I was little, outside of being “Mrs. Paul McCartney” somewhere along the way, I always thought in terms of someone being my “boyfriend,” and never my “husband.” I don’t even like that H word.
3 Comments
So refreshing to hear that you don’t text. I’m so tired of people constantly looking down, texting. Even when they are having lunch or dinner with other people! Do you twitter?
Maybe these things are surprises to people but this is what I know about you-
The sharpest mind ever. Synaptic transmission time is incomparable. No one, I repeat, no one I know can make a quicker more accurate association between 2 seemingly disparate topics. That’s where your intelligence and sense of humor comes from.
Totally honest and yourself. You call it as you see it.
Has never forgotten anything you’ve ever seen, heard, touched, read or smelled.
Always a compassionate heart for the underdog.
Combine these 4 characteristics and we’ve got your unique personality. That’s why you’re my friend these past 10 years since college.
That is the single nicest thing anyone’s ever written about me! Especially the last sentence.
Thanks so much.
Karen