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This week: I Would Advise Against Taking My Advice Edited by: GeminiGem🐾  
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I Would Advise Against Taking My Advice
I had a subject picked out for this newsletter. I searched for memes that would go with the subject, and then I settled in to write. The problem was, my newsletter muse wasn't having it.
We argued about the merits of my subject. There was much eye-rolling on her part. There was even more begging on mine. Perhaps groveling would be a more accurate term. I didn't have a backup plan, which is always a risky strategy when there is a looming deadline and the world's most stubborn muse involved. I am a pantser, though, so this is how I roll. Coming up with a subject for the newsletter is about all the planning I really do before I dive in and start writing.
I really didn't want to waste the time I had spent researching and finding the memes, I mean, I liked the ones I had already picked out, and this process is more time-consuming than you might think. I found myself staring at the memes and my mind began to wander. I started thinking about people that had crossed my path over the years and the life lessons I got from those encounters.
Whoa, hold on there, girl. This is the comedy newsletter, not the drama newsletter.
Yeah, well, I feel like history could be rewritten a bit sometimes with an eye to what was funny about that past situation. I might have missed that element at the time, but hindsight has 20/20 comedic vision, right?
Just agree with me here. It works better that way.
Here's one. Learning what to do with people who want to tell you all their life drama under the guise of asking for advice they have no use for and no intention of following. Have you run into people like this? They live for drama and don't want to solve their problems. If you offer advice you are wasting your breath and your valuable time. It took me a way too long time to learn to spot these false friends.
One young woman I worked with was a fine example of this. She was always telling me about the drama between herself and her husband.
"What should I do?" she would ask.
In my naiveté, I would valiantly try to sort everything out and give good, solid advice. It was never-ending.
I figured out that I was being used to perpetuate her personal drama when she told me the tragic tale of how her husband did not fold the towels correctly before putting them in the linen closet.
There was silence for several seconds while I stared at her, blinking.
I finally said to her, "You mean to tell me that you have a husband that washes, dries, folds, and puts away the laundry?"
She nodded.
"And you are upset because he folds the towels into thirds instead of into fourths?"
She nodded again.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU." I turned my back on her and refused to engage with her after this.
In hindsight, I see with my 20/20 comedic vision that I missed out on a whole bunch of potential fun. Why give good, solid advice, especially advice that is being solicited under false pretenses? Why not give sketchy advice and see if they will follow it? It would be so much more entertaining and it might end up teaching a life lesson to the drama queen. Or not. I doesn't really matter either way.
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In my last Comedy Newsletter "Comedy Newsletter (June 1, 2022)" I discussed inside jokes.
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Interesting newsletter. I could be wrong (although seldom) but inside jokes usually don't work well in stories. As you pointed out, both parties need to have some inkling of the joke, and given the disparate nature of readership here, that's going to be tough. The closest I've come is to imply the joke and hope that the readers are clever enough to get it... My flash piece "Unmasked" is an example. P.S. I'm the opposite of your crazy Walmarters. Below 70F and it's coat weather. 
I had a good laugh with your story! I wondered about using inside jokes in story series. As long as it isn't a major thing, if a reader didn't get the inside joke it would be like missing the relationship development from book to book because you didn't read the stories in order. It would enhance the story if you did, but it doesn't detract from the story if you did't. |
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