celtic, love the little trick so you don't have to listen to whining. That's great. I often say, "So what's new?" Now I'm going to say, "So what's new that's good?"

I love it when you talk to someone and they begin the "Ain't it awful." conversation. That's what I call it, or , the "Life's a bitch" talk. Everything that happens to them is bad. My sister and I joke and say, "Please tell me when I begin acting like that." Good lord.

The problem is that when people complain to me, I tend to offer up some of my complaints too, just to go with the flow. How sick is that?
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