Sunlight and Joy by Barbara Delinsky

Author:Barbara Delinsky [Delinsky, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-94757-4
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2011-04-26T04:00:00+00:00

RH: Does this frustrate you?

BD: Being the impromptu, unpaid therapist? Are you kidding? I’m challenged, flattered, honored. I understand emotions. And I’m curious, so I ask questions. By the way, asking questions is the single most important social tool I taught my sons. If you’re on a date and the conversation lags, I always said, ask a question. People love talking about themselves. My sons are all adept at conversation, something that has served them well now in each of three very different professions.

No, the only time I get frustrated is when I find myself in a discussion with a saleswoman at Nordstrom’s about her engagement ring, which I’ve told her is beautiful, but then I ask about her wedding plans, which leads to talk of her honeymoon plans, and of course I ask what her fiancé does and then hear all about his new job—and before I know it, people are lined up behind me, and I’m late getting home.

See? Isn’t that what I was saying about face-to-face encounters? I’m an addict.

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