The Yodeler
My Mother told me this story years ago. She had a neighbor right next door who loved to yodel. Since the houses were very close together she could always hear the neighbor when she yodeled.
The neighbor one day got a message that her mother had died. But that didn't dampen her yodeling. My Mother said she yodeled all day just as if nothing had happened. My Mother thought that was very disrespectful of her to yodel all day when she knew her mother had just died.
Some people react differently to things. That woman might have been just as sad as anyone about her mother dying but she didn't let that interfere with her usual activities. My Mother, on the other hand, would have reacted very differently about her mother dying. She certainly wouldn't have yodeled all day!
So how you react to something does not reveal how you actually feel about the thing that happened. Think about that when you think someone is not sensitive about what happens to them!
posted by kyra lafain @ 4/15/2009 12:30:00 PM
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