This was a telephone conversation with my friend
S=my friend E=I(myself)
S: Hi, how’s your slimming course?
E: What are you asking for?
S: Of course, I am asking about your result of going to slimming course!
E: What do you want to know for the result? For how many pounds I lose or how many inches I lose?
S: I should be asking the TOTAL WEIGHT you lose after attending the slimming course! (She answered impatiently)
E: Oh, I see. I lose totally five pounds.
S: You did a good job. Then how’s your sister?
E: Sorry, I don’t know what you mean, “how’s my sister?”
S: I am asking… if your sister did lose weight the same as you after the slimming course. (She felt so puzzled)
E: Yes, she did.
S: Why are you so strange today?
E: In what sense, you think I am strange today?
S: It’s okay. I don’t want to explain anymore. Bye! (She hung up the phone angrily)
My friend felt so weird and puzzled about me. She thought that we had our own communication. For most of the things she asked I supposed to know the answer. As we did have our history of our conversations before, my friend would expect I could guess what she asked. When I asked her more specifically, she felt that I was playing with her. At the end, she ended our conversation madly.
I guess she is your close friend, so she expects that the conversation can go smoothly due to much shared common knowledge. Your response of asking questions hinders the conversation, so she turns to be impatient.
回覆刪除It's definitely true that two old friends would have their specific commounication method. Your friend should feel angery about your conversation.
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