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Writer's Block: Funny people
Sep. 20th, 2011 06:31 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
I'm really kind of annoyed by people who are all one or all the other.
I don't need to be entertained by my friends 24/7. I like *conversations,* not stand up routines [or long-winded autodidactic lectures on a topic of minimal interest to anyone but the speaker, as is sometimes the case]. But there are times when I, or someone else, will get on a topic of hilarious rantiness (such as a bad day at work, the trashiest wedding they'd ever been to, family drama, dealing with a bureaucracy, etc.) in which it's good to let them vent AKA 'entertain' and go ahead and appreciate the story and do our best to make light of a stressful situation (if that's what the person seems to need).
I also don't really care for friends/acquaintances/family members who come over or call me up on the phone and expect me to do all the talking/disclosing/'entertaining'
I prefer balanced relationships in which everyone gets the spotlight sometimes, in which sometimes we laugh and are silly and crazy and sometimes we talk seriously about serious stuff, and people can roll with the changes in conversational tone as needed.
I probably took this question more seriously than was needed.
I'm really kind of annoyed by people who are all one or all the other.
I don't need to be entertained by my friends 24/7. I like *conversations,* not stand up routines [or long-winded autodidactic lectures on a topic of minimal interest to anyone but the speaker, as is sometimes the case]. But there are times when I, or someone else, will get on a topic of hilarious rantiness (such as a bad day at work, the trashiest wedding they'd ever been to, family drama, dealing with a bureaucracy, etc.) in which it's good to let them vent AKA 'entertain' and go ahead and appreciate the story and do our best to make light of a stressful situation (if that's what the person seems to need).
I also don't really care for friends/acquaintances/family members who come over or call me up on the phone and expect me to do all the talking/disclosing/'entertaining'
I prefer balanced relationships in which everyone gets the spotlight sometimes, in which sometimes we laugh and are silly and crazy and sometimes we talk seriously about serious stuff, and people can roll with the changes in conversational tone as needed.
I probably took this question more seriously than was needed.
