Monday, February 13, 2012

Don't Assume....Just Ask

When you see something, it might not always be the real thing.  Take for instance a woman who has a big belly.  You may assume that woman is pregnant if she looks like she is of a child bearing age, but she might not be pregnant...she may just have a big belly.  I have a big belly and believe me I'm not pregnant!!

The same goes for an older woman with a child in tow.  That woman may well have had a late in life child.  Some women retain the ability to get pregnant until in their 50's.  OMG that it a horrible thought to have child at age 50, but to each its own......if the person wants to be mama to a iddle widdle baby....I say "Yikes" but, go for it.

Sometimes you just want to know something about someone, so instead of assuming, just ask.  In the case of an older woman with a child in tow, you could always start the conversation with something like (even if that child is the ugliest kid ever made) "that child is the cutest child I've seen in a long while".  The person will likely become very open and tell you if it's their grandchild....as grandmas like to brag.  And if it's the older person's child they will probably tell you that too.  And if the person doesn't volunteer that, and you are so nosy you have to know if that older person has a young child,  say something like ... "I bet you hate to leave that little kitten (or cutie as the case may be) with someone else when you have to go places"....... you will either get your answer or you will get mace/peppered sprayed and maybe even a free ride in a cop car.  .  But if you are so nosy and feel it's important to know other people's beeswax then maybe you deserve a spray in the old nosyrosy.

It's not always so important to find an answer....so sometimes instead of asking, maybe you do want to assume.....assume whatever you want as an assumption is better than going to jail.

Vintage Springfield Photos


Springfield Fire Station at Osborne
and North Grand 1954


Illinois State Capitol Building.
Cornerstone was laid 1868 and in 1878
 the move in began but
it still wasn't done.


Another Illinois State Capitol Building
construction photo....building started in 1868.


Another Illinois State Capitol Building
construction picture.....the building was started in 1868.


Thought For The Day
We're here to put a dent in the universe.
--Steve Jobs


Sure I'm a woman but us woman are known to have funny quirks.  And I'm sure those men in the crowd have just as many, but not having any experience being a man, I would need to research that topic before I could ever write an article on men's funny quirks.

A woman loves to shop....men know that.  For years hubby would take me shopping.  He would go to the mall with me and wait for me to get done....he didn't follow me around, just agreed to meet somewhere.  For years I didn't know how he hated this....until he told our son-in-law who let it out of the bag about hubby's dread of the shopping trips.  He now drops me off and goes somewhere and does his own thing.

A woman also loves to talk.  She will talk to the mailman, the cashier in a store, the waiter or waitress, the butcher and just about anyone else who will listen.....so don't get in the way of her talking lips or they might beat you to death.

Women love to buy anything.  It usually doesn't matter what it is, the typically woman just like to buy and spend money. 

The moral of this story is a woman might have quirks, but her lips are slender from so much exercise talking.  Her legs are strong from walking the mall, shopping so much.  And her wallet is usually empty because she spends so much shopping.  But she is a woman....and you men love us women.



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