Thoughts… off the shower

Laine called me "stable".  It sounded a bit funny at first, because that’s a term I associate with discharging a psychiatric patient.

This was what happened:
Once again, we were chatting, before falling asleep.  Can’t remember what we were talking about, but I said something like this: "…like when I read/hear news of a crime or a natural disaster, I will feel sad here (pointing to head), but no engagement here (points to heart).  Only when something is directly related to me, then it affects here (points to heart)."  I explained that I have intellectual reactions (agreeing or objecting, being pleased or feeling sad) to affairs that are not related to me, but only issues close to me will draw an emotionally-charged response.  As for my dear wife, she teared when reading news of the climbing death toll in the Pakistan-Kashmir earthquake.  Laine thought for a while about what I said, and declared "you are a stable person".

She explained that because I am stable, I do not get flustered by things around me.  I am calm, steady and analytical.  Guess that’s probably a good thing.  Laine added that my emotions on a heart-monitor-like chart would look something like "_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _" (and she accompanied that with a low-tone "eeeeeeeeeee" for added effect).  Then she corrected herself, and said it would be more like "- - - - - - - - -" (with a higher-pitch "eeeeeeeee"), because I’m quite hyper or energetic and talkative!  Haha… my wonderful wife…  Finally, she added: "you write this on your blog lar…"  …and so, I did!

Oh, by the way, she calls me a "funny, loving, stingy accountant" on her blog.  OK.  2 of 3 being good attributes is a good enough result.  Thanks…

At least, I was declared stable.

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