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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: AnyaS 04:25 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - writerkev 03:08 pm EDT 08/07/14

Me too. When I read about some people snickering in the theater during that song, it makes me wonder what other inappropriate things they guffaw at. Yeah, I used the word guffaw. It really fits in this case.


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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: chrisampm 04:47 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - AnyaS 04:25 pm EDT 08/07/14

And why does guffaw really fit in this case? It's not the same as snickering. So what inappropriate things would a snickerer guffaw at?


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re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there

Posted by: AnyaS 07:50 pm EDT 08/07/14
In reply to: re: Isn't there emotionally leaving someone that is still physically there - chrisampm 04:47 pm EDT 08/07/14

Here's the example I was thinking of when I wrote that initial post but was too lazy to pack meat on the sentence because I was posting from a cell phone.

My friend used to hate going to see plays or movies with her ex. At a dinner gathering once, she claimed several people frowned at him during a performance of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? when he laughed inappropriately. He argued that he snickered but didn't laugh.

When she said, "Fair enough but you laughed loudly during Saving Private Ryan." He answered sheepishly, "Yeah but it was nervous laughter."

They have since divorced. Whenever she has a date with a new guy, I jokingly ask her if he guffaws or merely smiles or twitters or snickers.


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