Our family pastor had just given a really convicting message on parenting. I walked by him afterward and asked, “Have you been spying at our house again?” He looked at me as if I’d lost my mind. I don’t think he said anything. It sounded like a completely normal thing to say BEFORE it came out. Embarrassed I just kept walking.
Our family pastor also happens to be our small group leader so a couple of minutes later we were all seated around a table. “I didn’t mean to scare you,” I addressed him again thinking I HAD to say something. “I just asked him if he’d been spying at our house,” I said to everyone. Now they all, including my husband, looked at me like I was a crazy lady. I was in a panic. “Uh, it’s uh, just that every time you speak on parenting all of your examples of what not to do seem to have come straight from something that has happened at our house!” Whew there. Finally every one understood what I meant.
Why do I open my big mouth? One of my favorite sayings has always been, “It’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool than speak up and remove all doubt.” Any ideas why I like that so much? 🙂
Your honesty is admirable. And as for your joke/quick wit… I got it the first time I read it. Not sure if you have anything to be embarrassed about or feel foolish for. I appreciate your humor 🙂 ..they just are slow 😉
Esther, I don’t think what you said was weird at all. I would totally have understood what you meant w/o explanation.
I’m glad to see some other people got it too. At first I thought, well, that I must be weird like you since I totally got it from the first. On the other hand, when he just had his mind completely on the message he was giving and was greeting lots of people, I know how a comment like that out of the blue could seem strange. For the moment he probably didn’t even connect it with his message. Anyway, I’m glad you had a chance to explain. It is a funny story.
It’s amazing what we say sometimes. I thought it was funny and would have laughed. Sounds like something I would have said.
I totally got what you meant when you made that comment… I have a sense of humor that sometimes people don’t get. They can’t tell when I’m joking or when I’m being serious. Guess I shouldn’t be so sarcastic sometimes! LOL
Sounds like something I would totally say!
as one misunderstood girl to another, i totally understood what you meant! lol
Hahaha that made me laugh! But I totally got it the first time. I’m actually sitting over here trying to figure out why in the would THEY didn’t get it *confused face.
See…what did I tell ya. Welcome to the wonderful world of deep thinking, good-humored, quit-witted extroverts! You are not as weird as your mom thinks you are. (still waiting for someone to catch that) But I agree with Kimberly… it is most likely the sarcasm of the humorous/quick witted types(which I would contend is not always a bad thing) that can cross the line and get us into trouble 🙂
I guess I should have put “weird” in quotation marks. I said something clever (I thought) when I first met my husband, and he almost didn’t talk to me again. A mutual friend intervened, thank the Lord! He has a totally different sense of humor than mine.
@Frieda..just teasin ya bout the weird thing 😉
Guess the Lord knew your husband needed a clever girl with a good sense of humor…the loss would have been all his 🙂