Sister of the Moon
Student
- Dec 17, 2021
- 191
I'm not sure if it's a uniquely British thing, but it's something that's pretty much set in stone here. To ask someone in the days following Christmas, the same scripted line - "did you have a nice Christmas?"
Followed by general chit-chat, then "if I don't see you before, have a Happy New Year!"
I had to go out for supplies today, and therefore had to do the scripted thing with everyone who recognised me in my hat and mask.
Them: "did you have a nice Christmas?"
Me: "ahhh yeah, quiet, you know, but good thanks. You?"
The honest answer for me would be "no actually I didn't. I spent the whole day in the foetal position bawling my eyes out and wishing I was dead."
But nobody wants to hear that do they?
Followed by general chit-chat, then "if I don't see you before, have a Happy New Year!"
I had to go out for supplies today, and therefore had to do the scripted thing with everyone who recognised me in my hat and mask.
Them: "did you have a nice Christmas?"
Me: "ahhh yeah, quiet, you know, but good thanks. You?"
The honest answer for me would be "no actually I didn't. I spent the whole day in the foetal position bawling my eyes out and wishing I was dead."
But nobody wants to hear that do they?