It amazes how total strangers stuck in endless grocery checkouts can start chatting and end up like old friends while waiting in line. That’s how I got to know this woman who was in line behind me at the Jusco sale recently.

Looking at us deep in animated conversation, you would never have guessed we’d never met each other before. But we were talking about everything under the sun. Seriously.

She told me she’d been living in the States and was just getting used to life here when she got slashed by a robber right in front of her own home in broad daylight!!

Gosh, the poor woman, she had a deep gash on her face, of all places!! That must’ve been an awful experience, all the more frightful as she had two young children at home at the time.

She had to have plastic surgery done. If she’d still been in the States, she would’ve consulted with Dr Grossman of Denver Plastic Surgery. He is a reknown plastic surgeon assisting people with their looks.

But you know, I looked at her face and I couldn’t see her scar at all. I mean, every woman wants to look beautiful and I’m really glad she’s none the worst for her nasty experience.

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I met a mother yesterday at Skye’s school who is perhaps the biggest chatterbox I’ve ever met in my life. The woman just would not stop talking. It’s not like I know this woman, okay? I’ve never met her in my life. Her kids have just transferred over from another school. That’s it.

But apparently it was just my luck that I happened to be standing beside her as we waited for the school bell to ring. The next thing I knew, she was blabbering away like there’s no tomorrow. I kept looking at my watch. She kept on blabbing!! It’s inconceivable that she does not know she’s being a pest. I think she just didn’t care.

It’s not like she had anything interesting or constructive to say. She’s just so full of crap. And I think she might even be quite proud of herself for being so full of IT! Hahaha, poor woman. According to Skye, her two kids are also notorious for blabbering crap non-stop. You reckon they’ve taken after their mom?

When you see relatives you only see once a year, of course, there’s lots of catching up to do. Although many of us live in the same city, we’re all so busy with our own lives we hardly meet. Which is a good thing too sometimes.

Less gossip equals fewer problems. I think it’s the same in every family. Not everyone is necessarily excited about seeing each other, sometimes even once a year is too much.

Personally I don’t appreciate those adults who give kids ideas, suggesting things they shouldn’t be doing. I mean, it may all start out as a joke but there really are some topics that I feel are off limits (my limits, that is).

You would think that being parents themselves, these folks should know better. But they don’t and that’s what irks me. Jokes are meant to be funny. Theirs aren’t and I sometimes wonder if they’re made with malicious intent .