Comments on: Dont know, dont care

By: Rinchen

Rinchen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:22:42 +0000

That makes it three all. We all agree to disagree, that much’s for sure

By: Raven

Raven — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:56:58 +0000

Rinchen, I love family get togethers, I make sure i am with a more connected person who ll enlighten me abt the person moments before they approach me , if that doesnt work my wing-man would prompt me when i am in the hotseat n haven’t got a clue,

By: sandeep

sandeep — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:08:40 +0000

he he … i got to agree with deepak. i luv family gatherings too and luv talking to older people. its no big deal to allow them a li’l fun and most of them wudnt mind a li’l of it from us, either.

may be a big smile and friendliness will help next time. thats the least most of them wud want from us. yeah … i did have occassions where I was caught with “Do u know who i am”, and forced to say “Yeah yeah …. I do” only to get a follow up question of “Ok … then tell me who i am …” … ooops. All I managed is a bigger smile Its ok ring, its no big deal to look a li’l stupid, unless u think otherwise

By: Rinchen

Rinchen — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:19:16 +0000

The good news is: You’ve been agreeing with me all this while

The bad news is: I HATE ‘EM. I really do. Aaaaaaaa…. No amount of logic is going to make me change my mind.

Now you got insecure AND childish behavior up front. (Am sticking out my tongue for good measure)

By: Deepak

Deepak — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:57:30 +0000

One more thing I wanted to add, about one of the comments.
If you feel insulted by their making fun of you, that’s just your insecurity talking.

By: Deepak

Deepak — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:50:57 +0000

Finally something which I can completely disagree with you on.

I absolutely love family gatherings, and reunions.
Yes, it is true that people tend to group together and making fun of others like you said. If they give some smart comment, I quip with a smarter one. My mom has a phrase for that. (although she’s not very happy with my attitude) “Honestly rude, and rudely honest”.
I just will be honest with them. If they find it rude, they won’t come bugging me again, which is exactly what I want. If they don’t, they’re cool, and we continue small talk, without all the unnecessary do-you-recognize-me talk, which is again exactly what I want.
“Blasting someone right in the middle of making fun business” – that’s exactly what I’m talking about. Some people just get annoyed and go away, not to bug you again. Some people just blush.

Perhaps I find it tolerable, firstly because after a few initial bumps and bruises, I tend to be overwhelmingly talkative to any person, and secondly because I was bullied by my cousins all my childhood.

By: Rinchen

Rinchen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:30:32 +0000

Yeah, Sree – masks with pearly white teeth

How true, DI. Collective (un)responsibility and license to insult are weapons of “mask” destruction.

Somebody stop me, I’m going haywire with the metaphors!

Vidya, for once I’d like to really blast someone right in the middle of all the making fun business. I’d like to see their faces then

And if I had heard one more person comment about putting on weight, I would have ended up sitting on them

By: Vidya

Vidya — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:59:25 +0000

I know exactly what your are talking about, family gatherings are such a pain been through it so many times. I hate it when they comment , “apai gori bhayecha”, they fail to realize that i don’t want to be gori and I am the same as I was 5 years back. But everyone feels they are paying the ultimate compliment. I just stand there with a stupid grin, counting the minute till I can make a polite escape.

By: Destination Infinity

Destination Infinity — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:43:09 +0000

If you deal with them individually, maybe in their home, they would be quite courteous. But in groups, I guess they assume that they have the license to insult. Collective (un?)responsibility has always worked like that, I guess.

By: Sreedevi

Sreedevi — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:22:35 +0000

I figure if I want to be talked about, ogled at and be at the receiving end of smart comments, I’ve already got an Orkut profile for that.

Very nice and very true.. Oops.. In the positive sense OK..

What not masks we have to put for conforming to the norms! Good post.