tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post1785926867647498810..comments2023-10-05T10:00:27.231-07:00Comments on The Diary of a Gold-Digger: In which I meet Sly and Doris for the first timethe gold diggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-43858273620748869562015-12-14T15:29:59.471-08:002015-12-14T15:29:59.471-08:00Hi anon and welcome! I am sorry that your in-laws ...Hi anon and welcome! I am sorry that your in-laws are not interested. Even if someone is not interested, it is only polite to ask questions like, "How did you meet our child? Where do your parents live? What do you do at your job?" It's like they missed Polite 101.the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-38142611295119806882015-12-14T14:02:29.065-08:002015-12-14T14:02:29.065-08:00So it is weird to be writing a comment so long aft...So it is weird to be writing a comment so long after the fact. First of all I just lost an entire afternoon to reading your blog (followed off a link from Captain Awkward). I have been really enjoying it. I should have done the same thing as a way of dealing with the Outlaws. Mine are not so bad: we have the same politics, they are generous and they aren't mean. But they apparently have no interest in me. At all. Been together with spouse for 7 years and in all that time they have never asked me where I grew up, what it was like, what my parents did, what the new job is like etc etc It is weirdly alienating to have that much contact with people who don't ever have a personal conversation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-12145900830372398902010-01-22T09:18:59.515-08:002010-01-22T09:18:59.515-08:00Yeah - it's like Guest 101: Making someone com...Yeah - it's like Guest 101: Making someone comfortable in your home. Did they miss the first lecture? How rude is that?the gold diggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134199198587591427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577155903853273621.post-62571620292273482342010-01-22T06:42:59.061-08:002010-01-22T06:42:59.061-08:00Wow. My FIL was the same way about not asking any...Wow. My FIL was the same way about not asking anything about me or my life. But he did gush quite a bit about a future DIL (my spouse's brother was about to be married for the second time when we got together, and FIL would go on about how wonderful she is. Granted, she's a nice person, but his lack of inquiry into my life spoke volumes.)Melnoreply@blogger.com