tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post5058009449826567772..comments2023-09-24T16:20:50.493-04:00Comments on Call Me Meg: Game Over Man, Game Over!CallMeMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184763491635476887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-83583874244988473342010-12-02T09:17:38.219-05:002010-12-02T09:17:38.219-05:00Meg
Communications between people may be the one i...Meg<br />Communications between people may be the one interactive activity that people appreciate the most and think about the least.<br /><br />We have the unique ability to communicate on several levels at the same time and we often do so with a combination of tacit and latent comments, double entendres, hints and oblique references. I have noted all of these commnication techniques in your exchange of emails with P and not J. <br /><br />I agree with you, however, that the adventure and excitement of communications in written form (email exchanges) is tepid and a bit sterile compared to verbal exchanges (phone) which are amped up to full volume when you are with a person face to face.<br /><br />In person communications use a combination of words, gestures, facial expressions, tone changes, body language, etc. <br /><br />If you look at my comment to your post "Shopping with the Missus", you will see what I mean. My wife and I were in the shoe stores and dress stores for several hours during that shopping trip. While we did talk we really did not exchange all too many words. She would pick up and try on a shoe, look over at me, read my facial expression, know that I was more interesting in eyeballing the stilletos than the 2" dress shoe she was considering, all the while subtling understanding that having me, a CD husband along for shoe and dress shopping was a different experience than having a non-CD spouse. <br /><br />The verbal, semi-verbal and non-verbal communications were ramped up once we started dress shopping. She knew that as we went over the racks of dresses looking for something that she could wear to a wedding, that I was enjoying the tactile experience of touching the fabrics of the dresses we were poring over. She knew that while my 'official role' was to consult as to what dress may look best on her, part of my mind was lost in the reverie of wondering how different dresses would look on me. She knew, especially when I would drift over the the 'womans' section that I was on edge, anxious and craving the hard fix of a dress purchase. <br /><br />What do you think happened to the non-verbal energy level after she selected her dress, saw that I was checking out an almost identical dress in my size, and she then decided that she may need some 'shapewear' for the dress she just bought, and I walked over to the shapewear racks, still holding the larger sized sister dress, to help her consider what types of undergarments may work best with the dress she had just selected. <br /><br />All the time this was going on I was acutely aware that I was wearing panties and pantihose under my pants and I am sure that she knew that I knew that she knew what I was wearing. <br /><br />I suppose that is a long way of saying that I agree with and understand why you may really want to press forward with your verbal communications with J rather than kicking the can around by email.<br /><br />Regards<br />PatPat Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148601231866277374noreply@blogger.com