Pet peeve from NY visit.
I got irked a couple times listening to seemingly self-deprecating New Yorkers talk about how they were so self-absorbed or narcissistic—as was their spouse.
What bothered me wasn’t that fact but the way they seemed to be saying that sort of “sophisticated” problem happens only to busy city folk. And explains all the syllables and hard to spell word like narcissistic.
I wanted to say, “Ever heard the saying ‘That couple is like two tics and no dog?'”
Pause and then add “Back home we can out self-center and out-crazy you all any day of the week.” And smile smugly in a pleasant but slightly deranged manner.
But I held my tongue. It just didn’t seem as impressive a bragging point as it initially sounded in my head.
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