Sometimes It's Funny

What would I do without my sense of humor? I'm sure I would have gone completely over the edge long ago without it.

Sometimes narcissists are funny. They don't mean to be and it's more peaceful if you don't laugh in their face, but once you know what to look for, it can be entertaining to simply sit back and watch.

Tonight I watched a game show with my parents. One of the contestants mentioned that he was a college student studying history. The same major my mother had years ago. The contestant was also a musician and a father, but what she noticed and focused on was the fact that he was in college studying history.

Did she say "gee, good for him. I enjoyed history so I hope he does too?"

No.

Did she say, "I'm going to root for this guy to win big because we have something in common?"

No.

Did she say, "Wow, good for him. He's a busy man."

Now you're just being silly.

She used this tiny reference to studying history in college to talk about how when she took exams she had figured out what the professors would test on so she always did better than everyone else.

Let me mention again that it's been thirty years since she was in college. And she started twenty years before that with taking courses here and there.

Sometimes I feel like I should give her an award for taking obsure things and making them about her.