Reminds me of a time when I was a little older than Ruthie and answered the phone. My aunt immediately started in about how an aunt (my great-aunt of course) had died that morning. I responded, “ok……” and then she immediately started in about me being uncaring and all kinds of not too nice stuff. She finally stopped talking enough for me to say, “do you want to talk to mom?” Yeah, that went over like a lead balloon…
Reminds me of a time when I was a little older than Ruthie and answered the phone. My aunt immediately started in about how an aunt (my great-aunt of course) had died that morning. I responded, “ok……” and then she immediately started in about me being uncaring and all kinds of not too nice stuff. She finally stopped talking enough for me to say, “do you want to talk to mom?” Yeah, that went over like a lead balloon…