Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Keeping my damned mouth shut

My wife has asked me to please not correct her posts. I suspect that such comments from anyone else would be better received than from me, and I completely get that. She hasn't really noticed how well I've honored her request - just last week I was accused of correcting her posts "all the time," when the online evidence says otherwise of late - but that isn't the point.

When this online compliment for one neighbor is certain to be interpreted as an insult to another, the latter of whom is definitely going to see it, I'm going to just honor her request and stay out of her thread:
"Ugh couldn't get out the door to save my life. Well out the door but just not leaving. But conversations with good neighbors are rare."
Now, if I were a neighbor who talks with my wife all the time, and am FB friends with her, how would I be likely to interpret that last sentence?

Also: what will I say if this blows up and I'm asked my opinion? I imagine that might be in the form of "I don't know what's wrong with . . . " Well, that will be a delicate challenge; I sure hope I'm misreading these tea leaves.

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