This conversation obviously makes me want to ask for clarification more often. I’m sure if I thought our friend just liked picturing herself as the Kool Aid Man I would have forgotten about it by now, but it’s nice to know the real story.
Have you ever had someone mishear you and respond to what they think you said —and then you get to hear the answer to a question you never would have dreamed of asking? It seems like it happens to me all the time, and always feels like I’ve found a secret page in a Choose Your Own adventure book. The only recent example I can think of is too embarrassing to say. Honestly they’re all probably too embarrassing to say.
Have you broken a bone? I was never a kid that was jealous of kids with broken bones, and I’m not jealous of it as an adult either. It seems scary and then boring, the perfect combination of two unpleasant things. I did once simultaneously break all the blood vessels on my chin, which took a month to heal and feels more like my kind of injury.
I hope you have a good week full of only the best misunderstandings and that you feel 1% more healed every day.
This reminded me of a church sign that we passed one day that said "Organ donation meeting @ 7 PM this Tuesday." My husband, who plays the piano and organ, said "Wow, that's amazing!" The children and I looked at him quizzically and he continued, "Organs - if it's a pipe organ - are so incredibly expensive and to have one donated is really unusual. I wondered if someone passed away and bequeathed money for an organ..." Finally one of the boys said, "Dad, I think that's a meeting to discuss being an organ donor." My husband was still in the organ that you can play mindset and responded, "what do you mean?" Our son said, " you know like donating a kidney or putting that designation on your driver's license!" We all cracked up!! Honest mistake!
Great depiction of Kool Aid Man!