it’s such a small thing, really
I don’t know. Maybe I expect too much from my family. All I asked my sister was to take a couple of pictures of me with her digital camera so that I could have something I didn’t hate for this online dating crap. I realize I’m probably the last person on the planet to get a digital camera but that’s the way it is.
She takes the pictures Saturday night and then says “Well, I don’t have the cable to download the pictures. It’s at Mom’s office. I’ll do it on Monday and email them to you.”
I should have known then not to count it.
She forgot today. Too busy taking 2 (two!!!) naps. That is actually what she said to me. She feels much better, thank you and could send the pictures tomorrow.
See, this is where she’s not really ‘getting it.’
Not only does she not “get” that I couldn’t possibly have sympathy for someone who “forgets” about a promise they made me because they got to take two naps in one day, but she also doesn’t “get” that I’ve been holding a couple of these guys off for a few emails now. The profile is getting nothing because there’s no picture and there’s no picture because I always am (and always have been) the one taking the pictures. Hence, no pictures of me.
It’s so stupid really. A picture for online dating. It’s not like I really need it.
But you know, it’s also not like I asked her for a kidney. Just a little empathy and enthusiasm for where I am in my life and a small favor of taking a stupid picture and sending it to me.
Shit. If I can’t get that from my sister, what the hell makes me think I’ll find it in a date?
I think I’ll just focus on my ‘to do’ list and forget about it now. There’s plenty to keep me busy until Christmas.
Peace.
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A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
December 31st, 2006 at 4:31 pm
OMG, my sister is totally the same way. I can’t stand it sometimes. I finally quit asking her to do anything and now she constantly asks me to do stuff for her. How is that suppose to work again?
Mon Nov 13, 07:26:00 PM 2006