Patricia Danielle

the other night at the nail salon while i waited to have acrylic nails put only on my thumbs (that all day meeting in lamirada REALLY bored me into eating back my thumb nails and picking hard at my cuticles), i called brian to fill in the waiting time. im not good with wasting time……actually, i HATE it.

i told him where i was and what i was doing. he told me that the other night, on the way home, his girlfriend told him that her finger hurt because she had spent the evening picking at her cuticle. he said he didnt know what to say.

now, heres where i come in. i have the most perfect answer for anything. actually, there are 2. it just depends on the situation.

answer 1- “that’s awesome!’

answer 2- “that sucks.”

the only thing you have to do is add in the tone and the emphasis where necessary.

here….you try it….

“i have so much to do. i cant even get away from my desk for 2 seconds to go pee!”

(insert answer 2 here)

or….

“i got a new pair of shoes. theyre a little too tight, but they were only 12 bucks!”

(insert answer 1 here)

you see, it really is that easy.

when people make statements like this, thats all that they are….STATEMENTS! in most cases, they are not asking for an answer. they are not asking for you to FIX anything. they are just asking for you to listen, and acknowledge that you did so.

isnt “that awesome!” ???