[thechat] Pet Hate
Stephane Deschamps
stephane.deschamps at gmail.com
Fri May 27 03:09:22 CDT 2005
On 5/26/05, Sean German wrote:
> As opposed to, I'm at home eating dinner. My wife compliments my cooking, I
> in turn thank her, and she responds, "No, thank you for cooking." This
> simple exchange occurs often and without further comment. But I could
> easily read more into such an exchange.
>
> Cooking is just one of those things that must be done. I cook because I
> like to eat. No thanks necessary. So I might respond in that instance with
> a "not at all." But the compliment is above a routine recognition that the
> chore of cooking dinner has been done. That compliment should be
> acknowledged with a "thank you."
>
> However she has not done me the courtesy of acknowledging my thanks. She
> has denied it, refused me the pleasure of returning her courtesy. Oh dear.
Heh.
I sometimes thank my girl for just being here. She looks at me and
finds me a bit weird, I'm sure.
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