One of the benefits of having an ADD partner is that you can share your childhood memories with them over and over again. There are certain anecdotes of mine that Jen never remembers. I think she tunes me out when I'm speaking.
In 5th grade, I had a teacher named Mrs. Schanck. Tragically, her name was pronounced skank, which according to Wikipedia "implies sexual promiscuity, poor taste, personally degrading behavior and low socioeconomic class." Mrs. Schanck was in no way a skank. She was a wonderful teacher and I enjoyed her class.
Every time I mention Mrs. Schanck, Jen blurts out, "You had a teacher named Mrs. Skank?!??" And I say, "Yes, honey, I've told you that many times." "No you haven't! I would have remembered Mrs. Skank!" And so on.
In a way, it's irritating. But I like that memory lane is a two-way street around here.
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Posted by: John M | November 30, 2007 at 03:42 PM
This sounds all too familiar... This reminds me of my ADD'er's annoying habbit of re-telling stories as though I've never heard them before...
There was this one time she cracked me up though: she re-told me one of MY stories as though she lived it! =)
Posted by: Attentive | December 02, 2007 at 06:38 PM
Just imagine having a teacher named Mr. Cox and a teacher named Miss Kuntz at the same school. And then they get married. True story... Only in NJ.
Posted by: Corey | December 03, 2007 at 11:05 AM