Milk bottles and foolish rabbiting

[Hodie]

I am a fool.

A man has just appeared on my doorstep drumming up business for 'Darren' the milkman.

He noticed my 28 week pregnant stomach and made polite enquiries as to the child's gender. To which I replied, 'a boy, and the father has buggered off'.

Suffice to say, I talked the hind legs off the back of a donkey, in respect of the whole horrible business - ending in 'and I lost my job over it too'.

When will I stop this barmy rabbiting to complete strangers? I thought I was past the anger and resentment stage of it all.

Any suggestions as to how to keep my trap shut, and retain a sense of dignity?

Did he back off slowly?

No.

He listened and managed to get seven pounds off me for ten pints of organic skimmed milk per week.

poor you though

Sounds like a good deal for both sides, then?

There will come a point when you won't feel like this but for now, keep rabbiting, 'tis free therapy....people used to pay me to do that!

Hodie, you aren't a fool

I felt like I had trapjaw for some time (I'd open my mouth and the contents of my brain would fall straight out, regardless of appropriateness of the situation!).

It helped. I think I blahed it all out so many times that eventually, I was sick of hearing it ...or maybe, in all that talking, my mind actually found a way to understand and cope.

Eventually it stopped entirely and in a funny way, I think it had helped me to reconnect with people (as potentially caring, considerate beings) when my faith in mankind had been so damaged.

Aww, Hodie

You blab away

people are surprisingly kind when it becomes clear you are not mad, simply hurt and needing to get it alllll out

Thank you all for your kind words. I feel less of an idiot now.

NB - he has just come back waving an on-line Dairy Crest shopping leaflet. I suspect I shall be getting my cat food from him too.

hahaha hodie. Well he did come back so.....

maybe he was interested in what you had to say?

I talk too much myself at times so I know where you are coming from