My father never asks what the real question is. He asks all these extra time wasting questions; questions that are designed to lead up to a miscommunication over something simple and direct.
Tonight, for example, as I am washing hair dye out of my hair, he asks me if I am going out. This is a vague question so I answer “no” as I assume he means if I am going somewhere to meet friends and am in the process of getting ready. I assume he is just making small talk. But OH NO, that is NOT what he means, because he follows it with “oh so you already walked “pup-pup” then?” “Pup-pup” is my dog’s nickname and no I had not walked her yet. Why didn’t he just ask me that?
“Well I wanted to know if you were in for the night,” he stated. WTF!? Those things have nothing to do with me walking the dog. If you wanted to know if you should lock the front door for the night then why didn’t you ask me if I had already walked the dog? Why all the extra time wasting, vague questioning? Then my dad wonders why every conversation with him leads to a misunderstanding/ miscommunication of some sort.
Sheesh.
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