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How do you handle clueless questions about your difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 374220" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Dash, one of the things I've realized recently is that most of the time acquaintances like this are simply making conversation and they're not truly listening to what you're saying. As long as you keep it light and say something that resembles conversation -- even if it's pretty vague or even nonsensical, it fills that spot in the conversation and allows it to flow. Only if you fumble for something to say do you get that horrible awkward pause, because it breaks the rhythm.</p><p></p><p>I've been experimenting with this lately, and have been having quite a bit of fun seeing how much nonsense I can introduce into an idle conversation with an acquaintance without interrupting the flow. Here's an example:</p><p></p><p>difficult child: "Hey Mom, where's Dad?"</p><p>Trinity: "He went out."</p><p>difficult child: "Oh. Where'd he go?"</p><p>Trinity: "He went out." (Said in the same tone of voice I would use to say, "He went to the store." Or "He went to work.")</p><p>difficult child: "Oh. Okay Mom. Thanks. Tell him I'll call him later."</p><p></p><p>You don't owe anyone an in-depth explanation about your difficult child. All you have to do is come up with a few phrases like the ones CinVA and Janet suggest. It's really the body language and tone of voice people are looking for, not the actual content. As long as those parts are right, you can say pretty-much anything you want. Just keep it light.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 374220, member: 3907"] Dash, one of the things I've realized recently is that most of the time acquaintances like this are simply making conversation and they're not truly listening to what you're saying. As long as you keep it light and say something that resembles conversation -- even if it's pretty vague or even nonsensical, it fills that spot in the conversation and allows it to flow. Only if you fumble for something to say do you get that horrible awkward pause, because it breaks the rhythm. I've been experimenting with this lately, and have been having quite a bit of fun seeing how much nonsense I can introduce into an idle conversation with an acquaintance without interrupting the flow. Here's an example: difficult child: "Hey Mom, where's Dad?" Trinity: "He went out." difficult child: "Oh. Where'd he go?" Trinity: "He went out." (Said in the same tone of voice I would use to say, "He went to the store." Or "He went to work.") difficult child: "Oh. Okay Mom. Thanks. Tell him I'll call him later." You don't owe anyone an in-depth explanation about your difficult child. All you have to do is come up with a few phrases like the ones CinVA and Janet suggest. It's really the body language and tone of voice people are looking for, not the actual content. As long as those parts are right, you can say pretty-much anything you want. Just keep it light. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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