So You Want Tea and Sympathy Eh?

by Englishman 10 Replies latest jw friends

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  Englishman

  Here’s a typical conversation that once would happen on an almost daily basis with a close relative. Maybe it will help to show why I am not always sympathetic with certain posters.

  Rel. You never come and see me.

  Me. I visited you yesterday. I’m here now, too.

  Rel. Life’s a shit and then you die.

  Me. What?

  Rel. Nobody comes to see me.

  Me. Perhaps you should visit them?

  Rel. I can’t leave my dog.

  Me. Take the dog with you.

  Rel. No the dog barks too much.

  Me. Then leave her with the neighbours.

  Rel. The neighbour fancies me, I think he drinks.

  Me. But you enjoy a drink too.

  Rel. I’m just a little old lady who needs looking after. No wonder I drink. Nobody cares about me.

  Me. You’re 64!

  Rel. I’ll be dead before I’m 65.

  Me. Why?

  Rel. Nobody cares, sod them all. I’m ill too.

  Me. Have you been to the doctor?

  Rel. You wait until I die, that will teach him a lesson! I hate him!

  Me. Hate who?

  Rel. I hate doctors!

  Me. Tell you what, I’ll go to the library and get you a good book to read.

  Rel. I can’t read, my eyes are giving out.

  Me. OK, I’ll get one of those books with great big print.

  Rel. Those books are just for old ladies!

  Me. But you just said……

  Rel. You just want me to die so that you can have all my money.

  Me. You said that you are penniless.

  Rel. Shows how little you know! Ha ha! You thought you were so clever! Ha ha ha! I hate you. You’re just a f*****g shit like the rest of ‘em!

  Me. Bye.

  And after years and years, that’s why I’m not too sympathetic with persons who go down that road!

  Englishman.

  Truth exists;only falsehood has to be invented. -Georges Braque
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  expatbrit

  Tea and sympathy? Gawd! I think I'd have choked her on a McVities!

  Expatbrit
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  OUTLAW

  HA-HA!Hey E-man,that is soooooo EFnnnnnnn funny.I think everyone knows someone like that.Some days you just crack me up..LOL...OUTLAW
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  ladonna

  Englishman,

  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.....I know just what you mean. I had a great grandmother who said and did all the same things. She even went so far to lay on the floor as if she were dying to prevent any family outings.

  She lived to 98 years old!!!!!!!

  Ana...who loved her great gran anyway
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  Princess

  God, that is so funny. Last week my grandma put her fingers in her ears so she couldn't hear what we were saying. Same woman broke her back trying to keep my mom from leaving town...didn't work though. Her eyes aren't good enough to read either, good thing she still gets her Watchtower and Awake on cassette. GAG!

  Princess
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  ozziepost

  Eman,

  Wot youse goin' on abart then? 64 is old? !!! Cor blimey!

  Cheers,
  Ozzie

  "If our hopes for peace are placed in the hands of imperfect people, they are bound to evaporate."

  
  - Ron Hutchcraft Surviving the Storms of Stress
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  Englishman

  Thanks for the replies everyone.

  The tyrannical "Little old lady" who makes her daughters (not sons so much) life a living hell is well known to me. This particular one eventually caused so much mayhem that I banned her from the house. She responded by announcing to all and sundry that I had tried to rape her. Stunning stuff, eh?

  Anyway, after years of trying to humour and appease, I have come to the conclusion - assisted by Doug and T41self - that some people are indeed, "emotional hijackers" and as such leave you drained of all positive energy. So, that is why I give self-pitiers such a hard time.

  Look out in chat folks, I ain't taking no prisoners when the whingeing starts!

  Englishman.

  Truth exists;only falsehood has to be invented. -Georges Braque
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  think41self

  Oh, so this is the same lady Eman? Talk about a person with issues!!

  I find it interesting that the men in my experience have an easier time recognizing this type of behavior for what it is, and refusing to play the game any more. But the women I've known(myself included) have a harder time seeing it clearly and taking a firm stand. Is it because of the nurturing instincts we possess? Does that make it harder for us to distance ourselves emotionally and look at things objectively? I for one am thankful I finally figured it out and learned to do that. No one else will find it easy to make an emotional hostage of me again. I would just as happily tell them I could live the rest of my life in quiet serenity if I never saw them again!

  think41self

  If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself!
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  Englishman

  But the women I've known(myself included) have a harder time seeing it clearly and taking a firm stand. Is it because of the nurturing instincts we possess? Does that make it harder for us to distance ourselves emotionally and look at things objectively?

  T41,

  You are right on the button! A few weeks ago i walked into the lounge and caught Her Ladyship wiping a tear from her eye. You want to know why?

  She was watching "The Simpsons" and felt sorry for Homer!

  Englishman.

  Truth exists;only falsehood has to be invented. -Georges Braque
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  hillary_step

  LOL Englishman,

  I have found that the English all expect to die before they are fifty and when they outlive this expectation their bewilderment leads them to try to kill everybody else around them with a campaign of bleak eccentricity.

  You know the scenario - ‘Hello, Hilda how are you?’. - There then follows a detailed description of various vile medical problems with all the Latin terms pronounced with astonishing precision, a lament over sadly missed organs, tribal scars displayed, and a sense of outrage that the surgeons gave her two years to live, six years ago and she is *still* alive.

  You must admit though E’Man, that this is the kind of stuff that solid civilizations are built upon…LOL

  HS