Excuse me, but can I cut in?
Apr. 8th, 2005 09:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snugglekittyIn the past week, I have been privy to two extremely embarassing conversations being had by strangers sitting next to me in restaurants.
The first time,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mrpet was parking the car while I was seated at a fine establishment in Davis Square. The couple sitting next to me was exuding intense awkwardness. The woman got up and went to the restroom without a word - pretty unusual. I was very tempted to say to the guy, "Is this your first date, or your last?" Boy, was I glad I didn't a few minutes later. She came back to the table and sat down. He put his hands out and said, "I'm sorry." She put her hands in his, and then he said, "So you don't want to get married."
Whups! Asmrpet said when I told him the story, "You shouldn't ask that question unless you're damned sure you know the answer."
The conversation continued throughout our dinner, and it was like watching a trainwreck. They literally ordered four drinks EACH while we were sitting there, too. "I was thinking we could move to Boulder and get married in a few years." "Welll.... I'm not sure...." "Or, we could stay here, it doesn't really matter to me." "I've been thinking about what I want to do..." At a certain point, I wanted to grab the poor guy by his cute lil' hipster lapels and say, "Dude! She's leaving you, okay? Get a clue!"
The second time, we were in a delightful hole-in-the-wall near Fenway. The couple next to us seemed to be having a normal interaction until the guy busts out with, "Yeah, when you said back then you wanted us to break up, I knew where all this was going..." The girl looked like she was suddenly having big second thoughts. I again wanted to grab the hipster lapels and say, "Dude! She's giving you a second chance; now is not the time to be playing I-told-you-so!"
Does anyone else ever get the urge to butt in on conversations that have absolutely nothing to do with them?
The first time,
mrpet was parking the car while I was seated at a fine establishment in Davis Square. The couple sitting next to me was exuding intense awkwardness. The woman got up and went to the restroom without a word - pretty unusual. I was very tempted to say to the guy, "Is this your first date, or your last?" Boy, was I glad I didn't a few minutes later. She came back to the table and sat down. He put his hands out and said, "I'm sorry." She put her hands in his, and then he said, "So you don't want to get married." Whups! As
mrpet said when I told him the story, "You shouldn't ask that question unless you're damned sure you know the answer." The conversation continued throughout our dinner, and it was like watching a trainwreck. They literally ordered four drinks EACH while we were sitting there, too. "I was thinking we could move to Boulder and get married in a few years." "Welll.... I'm not sure...." "Or, we could stay here, it doesn't really matter to me." "I've been thinking about what I want to do..." At a certain point, I wanted to grab the poor guy by his cute lil' hipster lapels and say, "Dude! She's leaving you, okay? Get a clue!"
The second time, we were in a delightful hole-in-the-wall near Fenway. The couple next to us seemed to be having a normal interaction until the guy busts out with, "Yeah, when you said back then you wanted us to break up, I knew where all this was going..." The girl looked like she was suddenly having big second thoughts. I again wanted to grab the hipster lapels and say, "Dude! She's giving you a second chance; now is not the time to be playing I-told-you-so!"
Does anyone else ever get the urge to butt in on conversations that have absolutely nothing to do with them?
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Date: 2005-04-09 01:46 am (UTC)Oh, yes.
And I usually do, which I am grateful to all available listening powers of the universe is a habit Ms. N both shares and also finds endearing. I probably weould have left the marriage one alone, that's toomuch for me most days. But the other one? Hell yes.
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Date: 2005-04-09 01:53 am (UTC)sadly, i share that urge
Date: 2005-04-09 02:59 am (UTC){if you really want to know more details, ask, but i don't want to clutter your page}
Re: sadly, i share that urge
Date: 2005-04-09 04:46 am (UTC)Re: sadly, i share that urge
Date: 2005-04-09 11:44 am (UTC)Re: sadly, i share that urge
Date: 2005-04-09 03:34 pm (UTC)