Saturday, February 7, 2009

Only me

For a long time I've known I'm just one of those people who attract weird people or should I say the socially retarded people. It usually always happens in Wal-mart or the grocery store, but tonight it happened in the most surprising place. Darren and I went to a "second look" party for graduating medical school students that will potentially come to Fort Smith for their residency. So, there's plenty of intelligent people there, doctors nonetheless, that you would expect to have pretty good social standards, since that is their profession. BUT, there is always the one that slipped in some how. That would be the woman I am about to comment on. I'll not say her real name since that wouldn't be nice, we'll just call her fatty. ( that makes me feel better, you'll understand shortly) . So Darren is talking to fatty and her husband and I walk over to say hello. And without even a hello, fatty says, " You've gained weight, no? Since last year..." Long pause, and lots of silence from me, then fatty looks at Darren and says, " She has, right Darren?" Yeah this is for real. Anyway, instead of saying what I'd like to say, you stupid idiot, who says that to someone, I just laugh it off and say yeah I did have a baby 4 months ago... So it just goes to show intelligence doesn't mix with social skills at all. I feel really sorry for her patients! Anyone who knows me well, knows how hard it was for me to laugh it off, but I did. Someday she will get hers. She doesn't have any kids, so when she does I hope no one tells her how fat and unattractive she will be. Crap like this only happens to me!

7 comments:

Shelley Freeman said...

You are right about "only you". People have said some really mean things to you over the years (i.e. Are you sure you're not having twins?)

I am somewhat shocked that you have kept your mouth shut in times like these. If people are bold enough to say rude things to you, then you are just going to have to give it right back to them, rude or not.

Paula said...

Oh...my...gosh. What an idiot. Well for her sake, Im glad you chose to "bite your tongue." Because Im quite certain she would not have stood a chance if you unloaded on her. Im still shocked...

Maranda said...

WOW. "Fatty's" brain to mouth connection must have been clogged up or something! My heart started racing for you as I was reading the story...and it would have taken everything I had not to TRY to come up with some catchy comeback insulting her. I'm not good at quick comebacks, so it would have been lame and irrelevant so I would have been the one that looked like the idiot. So I'm glad you chose to keep your mouth shut and take the higher road. That's a lesson I leaned the hard way back during football season...I'll tell you that story next time we see each other!

ASHLEY said...

Wow. Seriously? I bet yours and Darren's mouth just dropped. What an idiot. I bet you wanted to drop kick her.

The Family Marsico said...

I for one actually find this story entertaining. It was a language barrier issue. You know how that goes. Sometime people that have learned English as a second language have a hard time learning the nuances of the language.

On the hand, she could just be completely socially retarded.

For the Grey's fans out there, Dr. Dixon anyone?

Sheila said...

OMG - It's a good thing I was not there...it would NOT have been pretty!

ASHLEY said...

Holy Cow Katie...I was thinking Dr. Dixon the WHOLE time I was reading that. Good call.

Maybe she meant are you getting phatter? As in PHAT.