Life And Living No. 41
I Want It My Way.
Life and Living
Part Forty-One
The sounds of words and where they come in a conversation can have special meanings. The word “whatever” at the end of a conversation between two people is one of these words. The “whatever” with a pleasant tone attached will probably mean, “Whatever decision you make will be fine with me.”
On the other hand, the same word with a yielding, guttural, - I give up sound - probably means “you already made a decision that I don’t agree with, but I can’t do anything about it now. We’ll just have to suffer with it.”
One of these has a very agreeable tone, while the other is a bitter, taken advantage of tone.
How we get into these situations and how we get out of them matters.
The first one is friendly. Think wisely and try to choose what is best for both of you when making your decision.
The second one – upset over the decision already made or intended to be made. Careful maneuverings need to be made to reconcile the parties. When the decision was selfishly and thoughtlessly made; an apology from one and forgiveness from the other may be the only way to reconcile the two.
Started 7/27/2020
Larry E. Whittington