Sound familiar?
I’m confused. I know they say English is a funny language, but I thought I had fairly gotten the hang of what some simple words would mean. However, in recent times, words have ceased to mean what they were originally invented for. So lets meet up has somehow over the years, translated from, ‘you-know-its-been-a-long-time-since-we-met-and-we-have-a-lot-of-catching-up-to-do’ to ‘I-really-have-no-interest-in-being-here-talking-to-you-and-I-can’t-think-of-a-better-way-to-get-away’. Ok, maybe it doesn’t mean that, but its sure gotten around to the being the new, ‘got-to-go,see-you-around-OR-NOT’.
I dint realize id fallen pray to the new lingo, until quite recently I happened to meet up with an old acquaintance (not a friend, hopefully I’m still above using such phrases for friends), and was really in no mood to sit and chat, not that we’d have a lot to chat about. Luckily for me, a friend happened to call at just about that time, and I got my excuse. “I’m sorry,”. Said I, “but I really need to take this call. But you know what, we should all meet up sometime, do some catching up. See ya around”
I’m ashamed and shocked at myself. I should go drown in my self pity, but honestly, we- you and I- should meet up sometime soon, don’t you think?
