random conversation

Random conversation

'I saw you at the store, looking at refrigerators!' the guy at the local bakery told me. I blanched, because I had neither seen, nor noticed him, and I always worry people think I'm a snob. Which I am, so it's hard work to avoid looking like one. Overcompensating So I overcompensated by telling him...

intimate strangers

Intimate Strangers

The kids were playing house, with some new kids they'd met in the nearby playground. My son told one of the girls in his most masculine voice: 'Well Mother, I'm heading off to work!' And 'Mother' replied tenderly: 'And I'll start cooking!' Then she leaned over and whispered: 'And by the way: 'What's your name?'