Arianna Simon is a rather brilliant 17-year-old from New York who recently created a brilliant solution for navigating tricky family events. Given that Arianna is still a teenager and teens, as I am finding, think that any kind of small talk is lame, she came up with a solution to answering all the regular questions asked of her. As she tells The Huffington Post “I was talking to my mom about how much I hate answering the same five questions over and over during the holidays, so she hinted that I just make a handout for my family. She was beyond shocked when I actually followed through with her idea.”
I am at the stage with my almost 14-year-old where I m trying to get him to communicate with anyone over the age of 23 with more than a grunt and a one word answer. I am having more luck teaching my dog Chinese.
But he’s not getting away with a pamphlet. Unfortunately for him and fortunately for the progression of civil mankind he will continue to be forced encouraged to be communicative and polite to his family (and everyone else), BUT I could do with a pamphlet. I am 46, surely I am entitled to a small break from pleasantries?
Imagine what it would be like if you carried around FAQs you could just hand over when you were introduced to people in order to help you get past the awkward stage. Taking the fine example of young Arianna Simon and using just four short sub-categories to describe your current life situation would be a little bit awesome.
Clearly I would not be talking about College, Boyfriends and Relatives, I would just replace them with Work, Relationship Status and Strangers.
Relationship Status:
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Work:
Freelance writing, writing my blog, writing endless lists and writing excuses in my head to stay in bed. Consulting on social media with less and less enthusiasm as the days pass. Writing some more.
Age:
Quite old in body years, very old in experience years and about 15 in maturity.
Strangers:
Happy to meet new people if I am not expected to remember their names without first seeing them in writing. I may stumble on words when I meet you because I am very shy and I like writing more than I like talking.
And that basically sums me up. More so than I expected when I started…
So tell me – how would you describe yourself in Frequently Asked Questions?
Relationship
I’m happily married to the love of my life and have been now for 14 years. Yes you’re right, I do look young to have been married for that long but I got married young, 21 to be exact.
Children
Yes I know we’ve been married for 14 years but no, we don’t have children. No our lives are not ’empty’ or ‘sad’ and no, the reason why we don’t have children is really none of your business but if you must know it’s because we have white carpet*.
Employment
I’m an aged carer and some days I enjoy my job, other days I want to quit and run for the hills, as long as the days I enjoy it, continue to outnumber the days I want to quit, we’re all good.
The children question is THE most asked question I get, closely followed by being married for so long and me looking so young! I’d LOVE a sheet I could just hand out to people because people always ask things, that really, are none of their business eg the children question.
*that’s not really the reason but the real reason is personal and painful and I now choose not to get into conversations about it with total strangers
LOVED reading your FAQ’s Rach, I can imagine the children question is harrowing and hurtful when asked over and over again especially by strangers.
PS I got married at 22 xxxx
Relationship
Very happily married to hubby for 26 years ,he does snore and he is definitely a science nerd reminds me of Sheldon on Big Bang but we can’t have everything .
Children
Two twenty year olds and the family can back off on boyfriends ,girlfriends ,careers ,work and music festivals.
Work
Teacher – yes there is a lot of holidays but my brain needs it to be amazing when teaching your child and there really is a lot of preparation at home .and I like to have time to read interesting blogs .Thank you
I used to be a teacher – I don’t think they get nearly enough holidays xx
Hmmm. I don’t think I’d be too impressed if any of my kids handed out pamphlets to people at a gathering. I’d give them a kick up the butt for being so arrogant. That smacks of self-importance to me. One of mine lay down on the couch watching the TV all Christmas day and only came out when the food did and he’s 23. That was rude and I was not happy about it.
My 13 year old sounds like my 23 year old *sobs*