January 25, 2008
What is up with people and manners?
Phone Conversation:
Her: Hi, how’s it going.
Me: Fine. How are you?
Her: Good. Listen, I don’t like your lawyer. He should be doing x,y and z. Not z,y, and x.
Me: Ok, thanks for your input. We’ve had some conversations recently, so we’re on the same page.
Her: Ok, because really, I don’t think he’s doing a good job.
Me: Ok, thanks, really, all set.
Her: No really, he is doing you a dis-service.
Me: Thanks, you’ve said that three times. I’m all set.
My patience is running thin.
Her: Ok, just make sure you talk to him again.
Me: This is really NOT your business, I’ve told you I’m all set, why do you insist on talking and talking and not listening to me? Can’t you just be normal and pick up on social cues and realize that I’ve heard your input and I’m done talking and don’t want to talk about this anymore?
It’s not really the fact that she was bringing up my lawyer, and my personal life (though that it some of it.) If I WANTED to talk about it, I would bring it up. I didn’t bring it up. So I don’t want to talk about it. It’s the story of my life. She will repeat herself over and over and over again.
Do I think my lawyer is doing the best job ever? No, but unless this person wants to throw $3000 my way, there’s not much else I can do about this.
It’s not this conversation that got me upset, it’s the fact that we have the same conversation about different things all the time where she pries into my life without asking, and then continues to talk about it with me when it’s clear I don’t want to talk about it.
She doesn’t realize she’s having a one way conversation with herself, and that though she thinks she’s trying to help, it’s just further driving that wedge in between us.
