Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Mistranslated Phone Call
So I am Jewish in the way that I eat matzah and dig channuka but not in the way that I believe in God. BUT like all Jews, I embrace cultural guilt so on Yom Kippor I go somewhere by myself, think about bad things I've done and then call people to apologize. It is a delightful yearly ritual that leaves me charmingly embittered and self-debasing. Last Yom Kippor, I call my long distance boyfriend of 2.5 years who I was madly in love with. I leave an innocent message with "we should talk" meaning "i should apologize for all those times i sucked in the past year." He calls me back and says "I think we should talk, too. I'm not in love with you the same way anymore." This was totally out of the blue and also the sort of hilarious miscommunication that is usually found in clumsily written sitcoms and not my life. So, kids, remember to leave full and detailed messages after the beep.
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