Just wait until his parents invite you back and not him because they like you better. So there!

Heh. He would probably like that. They can know what's going on in his life without him having to talk!

Uh, when I read your post, I was seized with guilt for not writing a thank-you note for the first time The Boy's parents had us over for dinner.

No! No guilt! Although, if we had gone to their place for dinner, I probably would have whipped up some quilted coasters or something as a hostess gift.

Here's one for the annals of ignorance: I overheard incompetent!boss this morning telling another co-worker that he was surprised to find out that one of our vendors was Asian, because "She speaks English as good as any of us!"

Co-worker: "Uh, is that because she isn't an immigrant but is an actual American-born citizen of Asian descent?"

Incompetent!boss: "Well, I don't know, but I remember when you could tell by looking at someone -- if they were obviously foreign -- that they wouldn't speak good English. Now you can never tell."

Hand to god, that's what he said.

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Uh, when I read your post, I was seized with guilt for not writing a thank-you note for the first time The Boy's parents had us over for dinner.

No! No guilt! Although, if we had gone to their place for dinner, I probably would have whipped up some quilted coasters or something as a hostess gift.

Uh.

Man, I *suck* in the role of "Son's Girlfriend."

Oh... my, Tep.

Thanks for the feedback y'all!

I remember when you could tell by looking at someone -- if they were obviously foreign -- that they wouldn't speak good English. Now you can never tell.

::boggle::

Incompetent!boss: "Well, I don't know, but I remember when you could tell by looking at someone -- if they were obviously foreign -- that they wouldn't speak good English. Now you can never tell."

::headdesk::

That's right up there with the "You can't be Cuban, your eyes are green and your skin is fair and.. and... you don't speak with an accent," comments I still get on occasion

::boggle::

Right? If I didn't need to keep my job, I would have said something like, "I remember when you could tell by looking at someone if they were an ignorant bigot. But now, you never can tell -- they even show up in your workplace."

Man, I *suck* in the role of "Son's Girlfriend."

Uh. No. Remember who you're talking to? The girl who totally has crazy unrealistic expectations of herself?

Here's one for the annals of ignorance: I overheard incompetent!boss this morning telling another co-worker that he was surprised to find out that one of our vendors was Asian, because "She speaks English as good as any of us!"

This is a slightly different kind of bone ignorance, but years ago my mother was at the registrar's office at a local college applying for admission and the clerk's comment when she noticed her Canadian citizenship was "oh, you speak English so well!"

When I used to work for an ESL program at my university, we were required to test the English Speaking abilities of everyone with a student visa. Which included Canadians and people from Great Britain. It was very strange.