Monday, April 17, 2006
Ang mababaw kong sis-in-law
It's so annoying to talk to people who don't really listen. One of my sisters-in-law is like that. When you talk to her, she has this way of bursting with superlatives as a commentary for any update you give her and she bombards you with affectionate words like sweeties and honeys that it drowns out whatever you're really trying to say, and then she ends that conversation quickly with some endearments. She almost always does it in the same manner too.
"That's great! Okay, honey. I'll talk to you soon -- kisses and hugs!!!" (complete with a plastered politician kind of smile).
*roll eyes*
She may mean it but it just totally comes across as insincere, dismissive and so damn condescending. She should have been a politician. Most of the talks I've had with her have been very superficial, just weather, health, major events and such. I have known her for six years and we haven't gone beyond skimming the surface. The couple of times that I do remember delving just a little bit, she voiced opinions that I gently disagreed with, and told her pointedly why. She couldn't argue.
I think she considers herself more righteous and knowledgeable than anyone else so I guess she has no patience to listen to what she may consider as prattle from anyone else. Or, she may just have a short attention span. No matter what it is, it bugs the hell out of me.
That's probably why her kids always seem to have attention-deficit. Boy, they can talk your ears off when they have you as their captive audience. They have this habit of talking over each other to you, all at the same time that you don't know how and who to listen to.
Now I know why.
"That's great! Okay, honey. I'll talk to you soon -- kisses and hugs!!!" (complete with a plastered politician kind of smile).
*roll eyes*
She may mean it but it just totally comes across as insincere, dismissive and so damn condescending. She should have been a politician. Most of the talks I've had with her have been very superficial, just weather, health, major events and such. I have known her for six years and we haven't gone beyond skimming the surface. The couple of times that I do remember delving just a little bit, she voiced opinions that I gently disagreed with, and told her pointedly why. She couldn't argue.
I think she considers herself more righteous and knowledgeable than anyone else so I guess she has no patience to listen to what she may consider as prattle from anyone else. Or, she may just have a short attention span. No matter what it is, it bugs the hell out of me.
That's probably why her kids always seem to have attention-deficit. Boy, they can talk your ears off when they have you as their captive audience. They have this habit of talking over each other to you, all at the same time that you don't know how and who to listen to.
Now I know why.
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