Posted by mair on February 3, 2005, at 15:18:56
In reply to Re: Or just ask » mair, posted by Dinah on February 3, 2005, at 9:23:15
You make it sound so easy. I've run into her before, like in the grocery store or on the street. We've acknowledged one another and that's it. She's really a naturally friendly person. I don't mind running into her particularly and we've had the discussion about whether or not it's ok for her to acknowledge me. Curiously, I had the same discussion with my pdoc and she agreed to acknowledge me (which is less awkward for me than acting like we don't know one another). However, in spite of that agreement, she deliberately looks right through me whenever we run into each other which is tons more frequently since her son and my daughter are in the same grade, and very frequently have been in the same classes.
I guess I can raise it in the context of being sorry to intrude on her space. That's a harmless enough conversation. If she asks me how I felt about seeing her, I'm sure I'll act as if it was fine, while basically wanting to wail about my son. We'll end up talking around this issue and not about it. It seems to me that she can't really admit to having heard my son since she acted surprised to see me when she got up to leave. Of course on the other hand, maybe she was listening to my son and just not realizing he belonged to me. I'm not sure she would recognize my husband unless she saw him with me. She's only met him once, and he certainly didn't recognize her.
Of course, now that he knows who was at the next table he teasingly suggested that I created the time conflict today so I wouldn't have to face her.
Mair
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