And now the story behind the previous question. Appalling turns funny.
Tashmere Send a noteboard - 27/02/2010 12:57:23 AM
I was driving Laura(my 23 year-old daughter) and the baby to my house today when she told me what Shawn (my 21 year-old son) had said to "Lori" who is Brian's (my 25 year-old son) girlfriend on the night of Shawn's 21 birthday when they all took him out for his first legal night of drinking.
"Lori" had just told Laura, last night, that Shawn had come up to her in his inebriated state and said something to the effect of he couldn't believe that Brian was with "Lori" because Brian had such high standards for what he expected in a girlfriend/wife.
I was completely appalled and angry along with Laura. I couldn't see any excuse for saying something like that! When we got home, Laura and I cornered Shawn and gave him NCIS head slaps for doing it. He yelled "Why did you do that?!!" so Laura told him. I told him that he would be better off never getting drunk again if that was the type of thing that was going to come out of his mouth. He said that he didn't say that to "L" and Laura told him that he did and just didn't remember. Shawn said that he remembered everything he said that night and he didn't say that. By this time he was actually really hurt that "L" and we were accusing him of something he never said. So we asked him what he said. And he said that he said "It was amazing that Brian was with "L" because he had such high standards," and insisted it was a good thing and a compliment. I asked how he could possibly construe that as a compliment. Luckily Laura's boyfriend was there and said that he thought he could see what Shawn was thinking and that Shawn had just used the wrong word. I wondered what word it could be and it came almost immediately. "Impressive" or the equivalent was what he had been trying to say. That shed a completely different light on it. Shawn was quick to agree that was what he meant but still a little slow to see the difference. It was nice to figure out that mess. I felt bad for jumping to the conclusion and smacking him though. Maybe next time I will be a little more likely to look for other possibilities when I hear reports that someone said something that makes them look really bad. You would think I would have already learned that before as many times as it has happened.
I think that we will have a good laugh tonight when I tell "Lori". It has been eating at her for the last couple of weeks.
(Edit: We did have a good laugh over it.)
Simple misunderstanding fueled by alchol. Imagine that.
Tash
"Lori" had just told Laura, last night, that Shawn had come up to her in his inebriated state and said something to the effect of he couldn't believe that Brian was with "Lori" because Brian had such high standards for what he expected in a girlfriend/wife.
I was completely appalled and angry along with Laura. I couldn't see any excuse for saying something like that! When we got home, Laura and I cornered Shawn and gave him NCIS head slaps for doing it. He yelled "Why did you do that?!!" so Laura told him. I told him that he would be better off never getting drunk again if that was the type of thing that was going to come out of his mouth. He said that he didn't say that to "L" and Laura told him that he did and just didn't remember. Shawn said that he remembered everything he said that night and he didn't say that. By this time he was actually really hurt that "L" and we were accusing him of something he never said. So we asked him what he said. And he said that he said "It was amazing that Brian was with "L" because he had such high standards," and insisted it was a good thing and a compliment. I asked how he could possibly construe that as a compliment. Luckily Laura's boyfriend was there and said that he thought he could see what Shawn was thinking and that Shawn had just used the wrong word. I wondered what word it could be and it came almost immediately. "Impressive" or the equivalent was what he had been trying to say. That shed a completely different light on it. Shawn was quick to agree that was what he meant but still a little slow to see the difference. It was nice to figure out that mess. I felt bad for jumping to the conclusion and smacking him though. Maybe next time I will be a little more likely to look for other possibilities when I hear reports that someone said something that makes them look really bad. You would think I would have already learned that before as many times as it has happened.
I think that we will have a good laugh tonight when I tell "Lori". It has been eating at her for the last couple of weeks.
(Edit: We did have a good laugh over it.)
Simple misunderstanding fueled by alchol. Imagine that.
Tash
This message last edited by Tashmere on 27/02/2010 at 11:58:02 AM
And now the story behind the previous question. Appalling turns funny.
- 27/02/2010 12:57:23 AM
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I don't see the difference
- 27/02/2010 01:51:01 AM
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It's bad phrasing either way 
- 27/02/2010 02:16:36 AM
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- 27/02/2010 02:16:36 AM
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Yes, it meant that it was impressive that he had found a girl that met Brian's high standards.
- 27/02/2010 02:44:57 AM
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To be honest, even that doesn't strike me as much of a compliment.
- 27/02/2010 11:15:14 AM
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Nah, she has been family for the last year and actually she really is amazing. In this case that is
- 27/02/2010 11:54:06 AM
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cute story, though I imagine it was horrible before you found out the truth! *NM*
- 28/02/2010 03:22:10 PM
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