N announced that he wants to become more sociable to practice for his job interview and is willing to accompany me to social occasions.

“Which social occasions?” I asked. “I don’t have any social occasions beyond the coffee hour at church.”

“Well, we went to that party, remember?”

“Which party?”

“I don’t know. But it was a nice party. There were people.”

“What was the occasion?”

“How should I know? There were those gay dudes.”

“Ah! The 2023 Chairs’ retreat at the Dean’s house?”

“If you say so. We could go to that one again.”

5 responses to “Social Occasions”

  1. oldcowboy3 Avatar
    oldcowboy3

    LOL ;-D

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  2. Avi Avatar
    Avi

    The joy from this blog: unparallelled.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      Thank you. What a lovely thing to say.

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  3. cliff arroyo Avatar

    “But it was a nice party. There were people”

    I love how he thinks that narrows it down….

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    1. Clarissa Avatar

      People to whom he said exactly zero words, I might add. And I find it deeply cute.

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