Friday, May 05, 2006

Web of Lies

I don't play.

As I get older, I tend to shake my head (the way dad does the slow head shake in disgust when he talks about the location of the local Veterans' Cemetery) when people--adults--behave poorly. I shook my head recently when someone dropped a hint in a passive-aggressive manner, and I wondered to myself, Why?

Does she desire to hurt me by poking fun at me? Or is she trying to start a dialogue with me?


My response, though silent, is this: I respectfully decline to participate.

1 comment:

Martha said...

Ooooh. Who ticked you off? What happened? Unlike you, I'm the type of person who works to get in the last word. And the last person who really ticked me off will remember my last words: "I always win. One way or another." You need some lessons in being evil-but-not-evil-enough-to-go-to-hell.