Questions and Answers: Notes from my true self

I was at a meeting the other night where the social hour included mingling with many others I didn't know. The typical greeting was the question "What do you do for a living?". Of course, I haven't identified myself with my profession or job or even what I do to earn money for a long time. I patiently explained my "semi-retired" status, dragged out my litiney of past professional accomplishments and felt more and more "icky" as I did so. Finally, the question was asked and I replied as I had so many years ago when I was just starting to find my own true self with "I Live".

That got me to thinking about other chatty questions people sometimes ask as these kinds of things. Like -- "Are you in a relationship with anyone?" My answer to that is "Yes, with everyone!"

Another question that is often asked, especially on those first coffee dates with online dates is "How do you have fun?" I like to think I'd answer "All the time! Everything is fun!"

Of course, that's what I say from my being, from my head and my trained polite social self, I answer appropriately bland and the conversation can turn to other things. People tend to get weird with the truth.