Noddy24 wrote:One of the few characteristics that the First Mr. Noddy and the Present Mr. Noddy have in common is a downright aversion to speeding the parting guest.
Perhaps it is heating weather. Perhaps air conditioning weather. Whatever the time of year the long, long farewell starts at the coat closet and ends at the top of the driveway until the guests can turn around and escape.
Cranky babies, foul weather forecasts, long distances to go, tight schedules.....nothing matters when mein host wants one/five/ten more minutes of togetherness.
So, you're one of those people who won't let someone leave?
Lord have mercy on your soul. Why do you do that?
I have a sis in law that does that.
Middle of February, Illinois.
Followed us OUT to the car, and stood in the way of me closing the car door.
She'd stop talking for 2 seconds, and I'd move to close the door. She literally would say "um, um," searching for something else to get started on. Both my husband and I kept saying, "well, it's really cold, we have to go......"
Finally after about 10 minutes, I got to close the car door, leaned over to my husband real quick and said, "just put it in reverse and go", because by this time she was leaning down by the window, like she wanted me to roll it down.
Two hours later, we saw her again at dinner at another relatives house.
let your guests leave noddy, let them leave.
