There is one word that immediately invokes my ire. Makes me see red. And I admit my response is a bit unreasonable.
“Thoughts?”
I don’t know why I have such a negative knee-jerk reaction to the phrase.
Maybe because it’s not a phrase at all.
You’re asking me a question — you want my input, my point of view, my expertise — but the very question is so non-committal, so throw-away.
Like you can’t be bothered to ask me a question with any nuance or…
WORDS.
Or maybe you don’t want to reveal your hand before I lay my cards on the table. Well, it didn’t work this time, did it??
You see, I can read a lot into one word of conversation.
I’m a girl.
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There is one word that immediately invokes my ire. Makes me see red. And I admit my response is a bit unreasonable.
“Thoughts?”
Maybe because it’s not a phrase at all.
You’re asking me a question — you want my input, my point of view, my expertise — but the very question is so non-committal, so throw-away.
Like you can’t be bothered to ask me a question with any nuance or…
WORDS.
Or maybe you don’t want to reveal your hand before I lay my cards on the table. Well, it didn’t work this time, did it??
You see, I can read a lot into one word of conversation.
I’m a girl.
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