Today in my shop I had a visitor, a
friend of mine. This does happen usually
but this is a person who I don’t see that
often.
So as we exchanged pleasantries and the
‘how have you beens’ the conversation
took a turn. To the best of my memory
it went like this
“So how are you?” She said
“I’m ok thanks, you?” I said
“I’m good, how’s work?” She replied
“Same old same old, you know”
Right there, that’s where for some reason
I automatically lied. Because the thing is
I’m being made redundant and sometime
in July I won’t have a job any more.
Feels odd to write it, oh well. These things
do happen. Especially in an economic
recession, they do seem to always happen
to me though. I’m keeping a good mood
about this. Yeah.
On a more positive note I’m still not
drinking alcohol. Which seems to have
led to a slight weight loss and my disinterest
in girls [in the romantic sense] is still going
on. Although it did make my friend think
I had become homosexual. Two friends in
one day. Go me.
It’s the automatic lie. You get caught up in the automatic conversation, the pleasantries, and so you say what the other person expects you to say, not what’s really the truth. I do it all the time. Because it’s easier to say “same old, same old” than to launch into an explanation. The explanation derails the conversation.
Kudos on the not drinking.