Christianity QA

Question:

She actually lives in my town.  I saw her on the train this morning.  I didn’t see her get on the train and I don’t think she saw me when she got on.  I just looked up about a minute after the train departed from a certain station and saw her sitting on the seat in front of me. I have thought this girl seemed quite nice and friendly.  I look up during the journey and she has this Christian book out.  It had illustrations of Moses and shit like that.  I guess she’s a Chrstian.  That’s a good enough reason for me to not bother trying to get too friendly with her. We were both getting off at the same station.  As we were waiting for the train to stop, I stood by the door and I looked over to her.  She said "Hello." to me.  I said "Hi." and smiled.  Here comes the interesting part. Then she said "The usual response to hello is hello."  Then I said "I said hi."  End of conversation.  I must have said "hi" quite quietly at first. The train doors opened and I exited with haste.  I do not enjoy hearing shit like "The usual response to hello is hello."  She must have thought she was being funny or something.  It’s like being asked the dreaded question "Why don’t you talk?"

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"Pumpkinhead" <umpkin_head060…@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:wP3ga.1873$Bu5.156@newsfep1-gui.server.ntli.net… > I have thought this girl seemed quite nice and friendly.  I look up during > the journey and she has this Christian book out.  It had illustrations of > Moses and shit like that.  I guess she’s a Chrstian.  That’s a good enough > reason for me to not bother trying to get too friendly with her.

Sounds more like you’ve got nothing to lose by talking to this girl > We were both getting off at the same station.  As we were waiting for the > train to stop, I stood by the door and I looked over to her.  She said > "Hello." to me.  I said "Hi." and smiled.  Here comes the interesting > part. Then she said "The usual response to hello is hello."  Then I said > "I said hi."  End of conversation.  I must have said "hi" quite quietly at > first.

Shame you didn’t say something ‘funny’ like "what’s wrong with saying hi? ". > The train doors opened and I exited with haste.  I do not enjoy hearing > shit like "The usual response to hello is hello."  She must have thought > she was being funny or something.  It’s like being asked the dreaded > question "Why don’t you talk?"

It was a shame you ran away, there were plenty of things you could have said, such as "where are you going?", "are you usually on this train", etc. I dunno how much contact you’ve had with DiabeticGirl, but this is a good sign. Eldo.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Eldorado wrote: > "Pumpkinhead" <umpkin_head060…@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:wP3ga.1873$Bu5.156@newsfep1-gui.server.ntli.net… > > I have thought this girl seemed quite nice and friendly.  I look up during > > the journey and she has this Christian book out.  It had illustrations of > > Moses and shit like that.  I guess she’s a Chrstian.  That’s a good enough > > reason for me to not bother trying to get too friendly with her. > Sounds more like you’ve got nothing to lose by talking to this girl > > We were both getting off at the same station.  As we were waiting for the > > train to stop, I stood by the door and I looked over to her.  She said > > "Hello." to me.  I said "Hi." and smiled.  Here comes the interesting > > part. Then she said "The usual response to hello is hello."  Then I said > > "I said hi."  End of conversation.  I must have said "hi" quite quietly at > > first. > Shame you didn’t say something ‘funny’ like "what’s wrong with saying hi? > ". > > The train doors opened and I exited with haste.  I do not enjoy hearing > > shit like "The usual response to hello is hello."  She must have thought > > she was being funny or something.  It’s like being asked the dreaded > > question "Why don’t you talk?" > It was a shame you ran away, there were plenty of things you could have > said, such as "where are you going?", "are you usually on this train", etc. > I dunno how much contact you’ve had with DiabeticGirl, but this is a good > sign. > Eldo.

Eldo, do you think you would have done the same thing as Pumpkinhead? I have been in situations like this and my first instinct is to flee (and that’s usually my first action too). It just seems too exhausting to me. What do you say? Can you say anything? I thought I would get over this by now, but no, I still act like an emotional retard at 31!

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