When is the right time to resume the music?

I’ve never known… and I am pretty heartless…! Cry before me and all I can muster up is a hug!! So it is easy to deduce that I’m awkward around sob stories… I feel for you, but I can’t be the “perfect shoulder”! it’s just not me… I don’t mind at all… you CAN cry before me… but undertake the risk of me being all Jim Carrey on you and blurt out something like, “so I like Lemon tea....you?”.

If you want advice, come. If you want a plan, come. If you want a friend, come. But if you want sympathy – don’t come..!

This morning I was in my room and finishing a job review (which might get me my promotion, by the way :D yay!). Since it was important I had music on full volume – hey, c’mon…you do it too… anything important warrants loud music… an exam, ur boyfriend’s break up speech, the fights ur neighbors’ have before heading to the divorce lawyer, ur brother having sex with his girlfriend in the next room….it all NEEDS loud music… so I had music on full volume.

The maid comes in to sweep the room. “Hi”, I smile at her and turn back to my laptop… “My daughter has got chickenguniya…”, she responds.

Damn it… I press mute. “What happened?”, I inquire sincerely concerned. “My daughter, brother and husband all have it and are admitted in the hospital… it’ll cost me 40,000 rupees!”.

“Oh shit…that’s sad… don’t worry… so I like lemon tea, you?”

She looked at me like I was a   loon… do you blame her????

And she proceeded to sweep the room….and I wonder – When is the right time to resume the music?