Nebraska took me to dinner at Granite City Food&Brewery. It is a way cool place and it has a nice looking menu to boot. I got there at 4:00 p.m. and sat in the bar for an hour or so as I was early. When she arrived an realized that I was already there she reminded me how archaic my behavior can be because I did not 'text' her that I had arrived. I thought about it and had to agree that I need to update how I handle communications in the mobile device era. People being able to understand how behaviors influence actions, i.e., knowing that a person tends to arrive early for dates or meetings and that the only reason to make contact prior to the scheduled time is if something is amiss. In this, I am still in the Pleistocene and no matter how stubborn I am, the days where not making use of text and whatever technology is available is flat out rude and crudmudgeonly.
The meal was nice and I liked the restaurant a lot. Our conversation left a lot to be desired as I guided things around to our relationship. Maybe the timing of my pressing the issue between us was bad but like I told her, I had not seen her for months and she brought up the bike event and that was another example of our lack or bad communications skills. In the end, I felt put out because I did not know that she was balancing her role as Mom at the same time she was being a friend. That wasn't a problem because I understand but I think it is rude to not disclose what's what beforehand. Or maybe it was my fault for thinking that it was going to be more than what it was... who knows?
Our relationship has eroded to a point where I don't think about 'us' in a positive way. From the idea that our past is prologue,
Friday, September 9, 2011
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