A strange phenomenon that interests me is that of wanting what annoys other people. For instance, I used to have a poster of an Irish cottage hanging on my wall. The roof of the cottage is weighted down with thick green moss that creates cushy looking curves in the roof and gives the whole cottage character. Living in the Northwest I came to see that people go to great lengths to remove moss from their roof so it doesn't grow between the shingles and dislodge them. I realized that, although the cottage looked absolutely fairy-tale-ish, it probably only had moss as a roof. The shingles had most likely disintegrated long ago and the roof probably leaked horribly. But it made a good picture.
My husband has always wanted a younger brother. He felt the need for brotherly love early on in life and has never quite found it. I know many, many people who are very annoyed by their younger brothers, and go to great lengths to torture them.
I know of a man living right off the beach in Santa Monica who has mushy avacadoes cluttering up his lawn. His neighbor's avacado tree is plentiful, and he and his neighbor can't give them away fast enough. What I wouldn't give to have too many free avacadoes!!!! Because I live where it snows, an avacado tree will never grow in my yard. And the man in Santa Monica does all he can to make multiple winter trips here to snowboard. All the while I'm cursing the snowplows for not clearing away the snow fast enough for me to drive.
I suppose the saying is true that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. But the people on the other side of the fence may be complaining that they have to mow.
2 comments:
I always wanted curly hair (remember the multiple perms per year?), but those curly haired people always say they hate their curls and want straight hair. Go figure
Like Paige, I would LOVE to have naturally curly hair. I would also like to have a basic understanding of math--I'm an idiot in that arena. Janice
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