River ,'War Stories'
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Shir you are now the official Buffista chick savior.
Oh and social skills question. Since I wear hats, it is my habit if someone is nice enough to let me into the street, I raise my hat and lower it. I don't turn around, cause if I was prepared to turn around I could just do the "wave". If someone you let ahead of you did that, raised and lowerd t heir hat without turning and facing you, would you guess they were thanking you? Or would you just assume they were adjusting their clothe?
I think most people would think you were adjusting your hat, unless those folk currently occupying the world of Those Who Wear Hats have a different understanding.
I would interpret a tip of the hat as thanks.
I'd get the thanks.
I think that is a fairly traditional thanks.
We went to a latke party last night which was delicious and lots of fun, but today all of our clothes, including our coats smell like they were deep fried.
Not that this is exactly the same thing, but the same sort of people don't seem to get things like I can't miss walking because I never have(Yes, I wish I could move around more easily--I don't mean to be defensively Empowered and say I wouldn't change a freaking*thing*, cause, c'mon, and it would be nice to escape the commentary for twenty minutes till I learned what catcalls really felt like, but the act of putting one foot in front of the other, along with standing on my own two feet, they really are just metaphors to me, unlike every crip you see on TV, ever. So I end up doing this a lot. "Never?"
"No."
"Not even when you were little."
"No...They could make me stand in a frame, and I did that, but I don't think it's what standing is really like.
A truly unpleasant person I've broken off contact with is trying to buy her back into my good graces with a Xmas card containing $100 in cash. As much as I need the money, I'm not keeping it. Because her husband is not a bad person,and the card was from both, I don't want to be rude enough to give the money back in cash. So they will get a return Xmas card, addressed only to the husband with a $100 gift card from trader joes. Hope that is firm enough and clear enough without being discourteous.
I'll just sign the xmas card. No thank you. No personal message.
That's tough.
Maybe just don't engage at all.
Her husband is a decent fellow, but that may not be reason enough to deal with his wife.