That said, there was one occasion when my mother interpreted "I'll let you know closer to the time, but probably not" as a yes, and then got all upset when I called the day before to give a definite no.
I suspect an element of "now my son and daughter-in-law are living in Perth again, I can look forward to seeing them at all family occasions" was involved :)
I voted for the second poll option, but I do find the phrase "confirm an engagement" a little ambiguous. Was there an incident that provoked this entry?
Yeah, a friend who doesn't read my blog said he would "check and confirm" and then I never heard from him again. Then it turns out he rang my mobile about 2 hours before the night started to see what was going on, except my mobile was not turned on. So he really missed out!! ;-)
oops. 2 hours is cutting it a little fine, though I suspect I've done the same myself when the venue's been definite and the gathering one where the numbers are not particularly critical.
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Date: 2005-06-04 04:08 am (UTC)From:I suspect an element of "now my son and daughter-in-law are living in Perth again, I can look forward to seeing them at all family occasions" was involved :)
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Date: 2005-06-04 07:11 am (UTC)From::-)
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Date: 2005-06-04 10:06 am (UTC)From:I voted for the second poll option, but I do find the phrase "confirm an engagement" a little ambiguous. Was there an incident that provoked this entry?
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Date: 2005-06-04 11:35 am (UTC)From:;-)
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