Friday, December 5, 2008

Weirdos from the kibbutz revisited

So this weirdo I know from the kibbutz ("weirdo from the kibbutz"? that narrows things down...) sends me an IM on facebook. Conversations goes a little like this:

Person: Hi.
Me: Hi.
Person: 'sup?
Me: Nothing. What's new with you?
Person: ....nm......still engaged

I figured that was my cue to show polite interest, so I wrote back something like, "Oh, congrats, to who?" and figured the happy groom-to-be would be glad to tell me a little bit about this person, like how he knows her or what her name is or whatever. I naturally assumed I wouldn't know the person, but I figured my asking would elicit some kind of basic descriptive response on the part of said girl's future husband. But no.

Me: Oh, congrats, to who?
Person: A girl.


And that was the end of the conversation. I'm sorry, here's my problem with this conversation:

1) Don't IM me, don't e-mail me, or don't call me unless you actually want to have a conversation. A simple transaction of information ("I'm engaged to a girl.") is not a sufficient reason to contact me. Don't talk to me unless you want to analyze shit and go into interesting detail, or at least moderately interesting detail.

2) Specifically, if you're going around IMing or calling or whatevering people you barely know to tell them that you've gotten engaged, you should be prepared to say more about your fiancee than just she's "a girl." Wow. Real informative, dipwad.
If you say you're getting married to someone, they should inspire more of a reaction in your heart than just she's "a girl," unless of course you're simply making the whole thing up. If your significant other is fictional, "she's a girl" is actually a relatively detailed response.

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