If you are from Texas, I have unintentionally been misleading you.
I have a new friend, Andrea, and when she met Nick, the first thing she said was, "You're not that big!"
Which is along the lines of things that I tend to say and then there is an awkward pause.
And there was.
Nick looked at her, and he looked at me and I shrugged, and so then I looked at her and we had this funny little looking-at triangle. And then she said, "I read Lisa's blog and she's always talking about how enormous you are!"
Nick said, "Oh."
Because what can you say? "I am so!"?
(Nick had an old girlfriend who once introduced him to a friend of hers at a party with, "You'll like each other. You're both tall." And then she walked away, leaving the tall men to their own devices. It is both a strange and awkward way to start a conversation and is now my preferred line for introductions of tall friends.)
So I said, in defense of Nick's enormity or more importantly, my veracity, "Well, compared to me he's enormous!"
She explained, "It's not that he's not tall. It's just that I'm from Texas."
You think you pull your boots on right and wear your hat so well...
Bleurgh. I really just dislike the "Bigger in Texas" trope. But funny anecdote! Glad that Nick's sense of humor measures up with his height!
ReplyDeleteJo, I have spent very little time in Texas as an adult, and didn't really take note of people's height when I was there. I think the "bigger in Texas" thing is funny, but I can see how it might be tedious. For reference, her husband is about Nick's size, and she said the bulk of the men she knows there are over six feet. Now I have to Google height of men in Texas!
Delete"enormity" Hahahahaha. You did that on purpose.
ReplyDeleteYou also kind of introduced me to someone that way (though you also threw in the fact that we're both from NJ). :)
The reason I did so is 1. it is true; 2. more importantly, you are both people who I thought would find it amusing. :)
DeleteYou have a new friend who shares what slips into her mind too often. That might be the midwestern in me. Though I feel safe sharing all things sexual that might come to mind with lemon gloria! :)
ReplyDeleteYou really made me laugh saying that to Nick. So funny! And I love people who, like me, often lack a filter!
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ReplyDelete... [ insert predictable comment about Nick's size ] ... :-)
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, I brought you up as the only person I know who is taller than Nick, and how I know it's disconcerting for him, because he's used to being the biggest person in the room. Are you from Texas? :)
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