Friday, August 10, 2007

(ongoing series) lessons i have learned the hard way

3,684. If someone reveals their romantic history includes having dated a dwarf, they will get touchy if, every time thereafter when they are talking about a former significant other, your first response is, "Hey, was that the dwarf?"

Update: Postdated this post to 2008 by accident. Thanks, Nina, for alerting me to the problem.

5 comments:

nina said...

What happened to Friday and Saturday? Don't you like Fridays and Saturdays? That's too sad.

Anonymous said...

Are you asking do "will they get touchy?" My 2 cents:

Yes, because it assumes that the number one characteristic of that person to be remembered by the ex-lover is that they were a dwarf.

If you know someone closely with a disability, it really does tend to blend in the background. You don't think of them first as their disability, you think of their personal traits that make them unique.

I know it sounds odd: how can you "forget" they're a dwarf (or in a wheelchair, say) or downplay that characteristic? But it really does tend to happen like that -- you move past it unconsciously.

jeremy said...

I don't think my post is asking a question. I think it is making an assertion. But I appreciate the two cents.

Anonymous said...

Oops,totally re-read that one.
My bad.

A good lesson to have learned.

Anonymous said...

Misread, rather.

Sorry about that.