Why bring this up? Well just a random thought. Think about the stupidest, most embarrassing, the most uber fail, and or otherwise least favorite you have done. Ok do you have something in mind. If you don’t you are just not trying hard enough. Ok now I know you have something in mind.
Now think who were you dating, in a relationship with, married to or hanging out with at the time.
Ok got the person. If they are no longer your significant other or your friend, that thing you just thought of is their favorite story to tell about you.
OMG and UGH and AH FECK
Yup, sad but true Schadenfreude works both ways others can take joy in the epicosity of your fails.
I’m sure there are many a tale of my woeful days and I hang my head in Tom Dooley fashion at the thought of them. That would be low as in embarrassment as not to be seen by others and die a bit inside of the embarrassment. Shudder.
My Schadenfreude story goes like this…
I was driving with a significant other (I’ll save her the embarrassment and not name her) and we drive by a ranch style house with a giant flag pole in the front yard. On the flag pole there was a rather large US flag. On the eave of the porch of the house were several other flags from various other nations. I thought at first that’s a bit unique and a trifle odd.
Then about a quarter mile down the road. I say aloud, “Oh everyone the US has defeated in a war”
My former significant other adds without pause and matter of fact in tone, “The South won the Civil War”
To which I replied, “Did not”
To which she replied “They did”
My rebuttal was, “Well they may teach that in the South but everywhere else on the planet the Confederacy was defeated by the United States.”
Her reply was to call me an unseemly name and to insinuate that my parents were not wed at time of my birth.
I however did say I was sorry at the time because we were significant others and felt rather fondly about her at the time and enjoyed her company when she wasn’t a ragging harpy. Which if I had not apologized she would have continued to call me bad things.
I like to tell the story because it makes me smile. So what is your Schadenfreude moment? You really don’t have to share unless you want to share. And if you do know a story about me please don’t share. Thanks so much you’re the best.
In other news
I was only accomplished about half of what I wanted to accomplish this weekend. Techno fails suck. There is very little more annoying than wanting to work and the techno-crap telling you ERROR the system is not able to run at this time.
Isn’t it suppose to be better with technology? Yeah thought so, so not case when it doesn’t work or oh an EMP destroys it all and our greater knowledge base sinks to oh the Neanderthal level. Hooray Lizard s**t f**k
Still in other news
Where my minds is currently, a blue skating dress at Rockefeller Plaza, a third floor walk up, shoulder length blond hair, a lavender silk camisole and a thought that nags at my core does it really matter and at the time it did not and mostly it doesn’t still. The shape of things in the moment is really how they are, not how we look at them later.
Triple-ly in other news
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That’s all for now other stuff tomorrow, have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood.
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