Common Ground...

Sometimes having no responsibilities is a little more work than you might think. Most people have plans on weekends that they used to include me in, but the calls started coming less and less for whatever reason. I guess I can understand why people spend time with other people who have things in common with them. Have you ever tried to be the single person in the midst of a bunch of couples? They start talking about their kids…you hear ,“blah blah… little bobby… blah toodleydooblah …cute…ding a ding ding dong … wap doo doo doot toot… don’t you think?” …uhh?… (eye blink…MAYDAY, MAYDAY…aural comprehension abort!)… You continue to mingle for as long as you can and even successfully change the subject to something you know about…like…chicken…or the weather… “Ah!... Finally the conversation is on something that I have first hand experience with- the weather! Yes!... Single people have weather too. I’m back in the game!... "... “and we took Bobby outside and he was so blahdoo todee dot…” ...whoa…