Submitted by Jason:
Jennifer's college was having an event in which there was going to be a puppet show. She invited me to that, and the plan was to have coffee afterward.
We took our seats for the show, they dimmed the lights, and the show began.
She leaned over to me and said, "You know, I used to make puppets."
"You did?"
Someone nearby hushed us. Jennifer spoke lower, "Yeah. Back in grade school. With the rest of my class."
"Cool."
"That's it? 'Cool'? I just told you that I make puppets."
"You still make them?"
Someone hushed us again.
She said, "No! Weren't you listening? I made them. I don't anymore. You need to listen."
"Okay."
"Don't you want to know what kind of puppets I made?"
"Sure."
"Fine. If you don't want to know, I won't tell you."
"Okay."
She said, "Ugh. You just don't care?"
All I wanted to do was watch this puppet show in peace. I felt like nothing I did – or could do – would placate this girl.
I said, "Yes. I do care. Can we talk about it later?"
"I was talking about it now."
"We're at a show."
"So you don't care?"
Someone hushed us again, this time with the words, "Take it outside!"
I whispered, "I care. I promise that we'll talk about it once we're done watching the show."
She sat back in her seat. "I also used to design sets."
"Okay."
"You don't care about that either?"
Holy fuck. SHUT UP! I WANT TO WATCH THIS STUPID PUPPET SHOW WITHOUT YOU TRYING TO PICK A GODDAMN FIGHT WITH ME EVERY GODDAMN SECOND!
I said, "I'd like to just watch the show. I promise that I'll ask you all about it once it's done."
She said, "Now you're blowing me off. Great."
I excused myself to go to the bathroom and left. She sent me eight million texts and I ignored all eight million of them. I ditched that bullshit.
21 comments:
laugh out loud!
She clearly wanted to stick her hand up your ass and call you her puppet.
Ha! What a coward! You told her you were going to the BATHROOM and just took off? Such passive-aggressive bullshit!
I love it!
I would have left for the bathroom then sneaked back in and taken a seat in the back. Why miss a puppet show for some stupid girl?
10:53, he probably used the bathroom excuse in order to avoid a public scene. She was already acting weird and wouldn't stop talking during a performance, so I think it would have been safe to assume that she would have flipped out had he been straight about bailing. Plus she really deserved it with the way she was acting!
i would've done the same thing!
Coward. I don't think making it seem like you blew her off was cool. You are an idiot. It sounds like she was trying to get rid of you.
Jason did exactly right. If he had told her he was getting out of there, there would have been a loud scene that, however entertaining it might have been in itself, would have ruined the puppet show for the rest of the audience. And with the girl behaving in such an impolite manner to both her date and to the rest of the audience, bending over backwards to spare her feelings was unnecessary.
Curious - What kind of a college is this that hosts puppet shows?
I agree with Miss Piggy.
Apparently, she thinks she can control people the way she can her own private fantasy world filled with comforting, soft, non-threatening puppets. Surprise, lady!
Nothing cowardly in the fellow's actions. It was a simple way to avoid a scene and not ruin everyone's night at the puppet show, as his date was so hell-bent on doing so. Though perhaps he could've answered at least one text and explain things, though not worth losing sleep over.
Yeah I'm with Miss Piggy on this one - shame to miss the show :)
4:38, I have an old HS buddy who ended up taking puppetry and theater at UConn against all advice and needless to say he now works in food service and has two roomates at the age of 27. In other words, not a good choice in college but it does actually happen.
Jim Henson majored in puppetry at University of Maryland, College Park.
Name another famous puppeteer OTHER than Jim Hensen. Not a lot of demand for that, huh?
Rick Lyon. He developed the puppets for Avenue Q.
Um... and that other guy. The one who controlled George W.
Chaney?
So maybe he lucked out by not dating puppet girl? Since she probably was a gold digger since puppets don't pay?
Julie Taymor designed the puppets for the Broadway production of "The Lion King."
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