Posted by annierose on July 26, 2005, at 22:17:54
This isn't a serious concern, one that I'm just curious about and can't seem to understand. I'm open to anyone's insight. Warning ... this is so not important to my real problems.
Today was my first session back after the T's vacation. I'm not one to share what I've been doing, rather I try to focus on what I've been feeling, but it's hard to get started after 2+ weeks. So I thought I'd share a few photos (maybe 9 or 10) of a dinner party I hosted last Saturday. I invited 20 friends + neighbors over to my home to a nice evening of food, wine and conversation. I was really proud how pretty everything had turned out.
She was quite receptive (I have never shared any photos before, just one of my children) so she got a different kind of peek into my life (and the first photo of my husband). After we went back to our seats she said, "that party must have cost a fortune." I was shocked by her statement, I felt there was a value judgement stuck in there, but I replied, "not really". Then throughout the session, she kept going back to the party and asked me 4 or 5 times, in different ways, "so why did you throw the party?" "why now" "What made you decide to have a party this week?" etc. etc. I couldn't figure out (and still can't) what she was getting at. I picked this date in early May (weeks before I knew she was going on vacation). Did she think I threw the party because she was on vacation? I just don't get it. What piece of the puzzle am I missing???
Any thoughts at what she was trying to get at?
One more piece of info, I do party invitations for a living, so I read Martha Stewart type publications constantly ... this is what I do ... this is what I'm good at. So when she thought, "WOW" it's because I have ideas for parties in my head at all times. Not because I necessarily spent a lot of money.
Annierose
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