So, I stumbled upon an interesting comment this morning to a blog post I wrote over a year and a half ago. The post talked about an experience I had where, even though I was 32-years-old at the time, my mother treated me like an 8-year-old. I tied some humor into the occurrence, and wondered how many people go through such experiences, even as adults. I received a couple of comments from people whom had gone through similar such experiences, and an aunt of mine even told me, "No matter how old a child gets, his/her mom will probably treat them like her little baby."
This morning, I saw that I had received another comment regarding the post, which said, "Narcissism," and that was it. There was no elaboration. The person didn't specify if he or she was saying that I was being narcissistic, the other commentators were, or parents whom treat their adult children like little kids were, and why this was the case. So that was interesting. For a moment there, I thought that perhaps I was about to be in the midst of a word game and almost responded with, "Nepotism," but decided it wasn't worth the trouble.
Narcissism.
Nepotism.
Neoclassicalism.
Patriotism.
Socialism.
Atheism.
Agnosticism.
Buddhism.
Hinduism.
Somethingelseism.
It'd be at that point where I'd have to ask, "What are we talking about again?"
Receiving one-word answers when engaged in conversation is bad enough as it is, let alone when that one word appears to have nothing to do with the conversation.
Jacoby Webster: "So, it's like I said, I took her back to my place, we started making out, and then all of a sudden she started screaming, 'Goooooooooooooal!' like we were at a soccer game or something. It was crazy. So I just told her I had a huge headache and called her a taxi,"
Jacob Lantern: "Rhinoceros"
Webster: "Say what? Did you just hear my story?"
Lantern: "Hippopotamus"
Webster: "Dude, you're starting to worry me. What are you talking about?"
Lantern: "Clock"
Webster: "Is this some kind of a game or something? What did you think of my story?"
Lantern: "Dictionary"
Webster: "That's it, man. Now you're starting to give me a headache. I think I'm going to lay down."
Lantern: "Sleep"
Webster: "Go figure - right after you give me a headache, you finally start making sense."
Lantern: "Windex"
Webster: "Nevermind. See ya."
This morning, I saw that I had received another comment regarding the post, which said, "Narcissism," and that was it. There was no elaboration. The person didn't specify if he or she was saying that I was being narcissistic, the other commentators were, or parents whom treat their adult children like little kids were, and why this was the case. So that was interesting. For a moment there, I thought that perhaps I was about to be in the midst of a word game and almost responded with, "Nepotism," but decided it wasn't worth the trouble.
Narcissism.
Nepotism.
Neoclassicalism.
Patriotism.
Socialism.
Atheism.
Agnosticism.
Buddhism.
Hinduism.
Somethingelseism.
It'd be at that point where I'd have to ask, "What are we talking about again?"
Receiving one-word answers when engaged in conversation is bad enough as it is, let alone when that one word appears to have nothing to do with the conversation.
Jacoby Webster: "So, it's like I said, I took her back to my place, we started making out, and then all of a sudden she started screaming, 'Goooooooooooooal!' like we were at a soccer game or something. It was crazy. So I just told her I had a huge headache and called her a taxi,"
Jacob Lantern: "Rhinoceros"
Webster: "Say what? Did you just hear my story?"
Lantern: "Hippopotamus"
Webster: "Dude, you're starting to worry me. What are you talking about?"
Lantern: "Clock"
Webster: "Is this some kind of a game or something? What did you think of my story?"
Lantern: "Dictionary"
Webster: "That's it, man. Now you're starting to give me a headache. I think I'm going to lay down."
Lantern: "Sleep"
Webster: "Go figure - right after you give me a headache, you finally start making sense."
Lantern: "Windex"
Webster: "Nevermind. See ya."
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