ANGELRUBY's Blog

Just something to think about if you are upset with the words from someone else. Did you not only hear them right but also know the way they are looking at what you are talking about. Did you make yourself clear when YOU were talking to them.

I remember Mom asking Pop, "While you are out, please buy a large hook and eye for me." She was making a pair of slacks for me. Mom assumed that Pop knew what she was working on. Pop brought home a large hook and eye but for a door. Mom sure was not happy with him. (Personally, I think Pop did that on purpose so that she would not send him to the store for those types of things.)

There was a time when a couple of people were upset with me.  Imagine if you came to my home, heard me say Hello, Come in, you entered my home to find me "hiding" and didn't come out to speak with you.  Finally, one person told me about this.  I WAS NOT HOME, it was Bill, the cockatoo, talking in my voice. 
 
I wonder how many arguments and hurt feelings between people could be avoided if they don't assume but ask the other person to explain more fully what they mean. How many conversations are repeated to another person but the meaning in changed either by accident or on purpose. The he said, she said stuff.

Think about what your answer would be if I asked you, How do you stop a dog from smelling?

You may say to give it a bath, put the dog outside, bring it to the dog groomer, pour perfume on it.

Or, completely different - put tape on the dog's nose.