It's still pretty much about a boy
Original post date: 10 Jan 08
Tomorrow promises to be a busy day and I believe that Mr. Coffee and I are supposed to grab a coffee and see if we’ve exhausted everything that we have to talk about or if we might want to have even more coffee together. I’m hoping he doesn’t ask me what I do for fun. Mostly because I’ve just realized what a lame question that is. I’m probably just showing what a dull person I am but I don’t do anything for fun. I have fun but I don’t do fun. I’m not even sure what fun means. If I tell him what I do with my spare time (read, write, walk dog, take pictures of leaves, occasional zip lining*) as my version of fun, he’s likely to have an important meeting to get to.
And to think, I’m still single. This guy is so in for a treat. Lucky dog.
*With the exception of sandwiches, I’ve never zip lined anything. That would make me interesting which is why I’ve never done it and I'm not even a 100% sure what it is.
2 comments:
I can tell you from experience that asking someone "what they do for fun" is not only lame, it's one of the fastest ways to kill a conversation in any context!
I know this from years of teaching ESL conversation classes. Sometimes when you have a group of new students and they're all just sitting there staring at you, you panic and say something like, "So...what do you like to do for fun?" and then as soon as the words are out of your mouth you want to smack yourself on the forehead.
Well, I know this story about Mr. Coffee has already been played out, but in the next installment if he does end up asking you what you do for fun, he will have my sympathy :) Nerves can definitely cause the brain's "conversation lobe" to seize up!
Tamara, if only he had asked what I do for fun... I agree with you about the reflexive impulse to start with a question about what people do for fun. If anyone is a awkward conversationalist around the opposite sex (if I'm attracted to them), it would definitely be me. I walk away from many conversations realizing that everyone really does rely on the weather and questions about one's weekend to make 95% of the conversation they have with almost anyone on any given day.
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