Do you feel that others understand you?

[hollydolly]

I am laughing at this example of the weather. It brings to mind when I would ask my ex, a meteorologist, a quick question on whether he thought the kids would need a jacket at school. He would invariably go off on a lengthy discussion of the weather, which I found endearing but exasperating. As I tried to get three little ones organized in morning, I would usually interrupt with an impatient "Jacket or not?!" I gave up after a few times and just sent them with a jacket or sweater. It still makes me laugh.

I have never known anyone who was married to a meteorologist..... how was that for you ?..lol....

 

[KSav]

I have never known anyone who was married to a meteorologist..... how was that for you ?..lol....

It was interesting! He is more of a scholarly meteorologist and would smile politely when people always asked him what TV station he was on. (He hated that. Most of those people aren't true meteorologists, at least not over here. Some of them are, though.)

I actually learned a bit about radar and such (e.g., how to spot a bow echo, which portends a tornado), and I know a few geeky weather terms.

 

[hollydolly]

It was interesting! He is more of a scholarly meteorologist and would smile politely when people always asked him what TV station he was on. (He hated that. Most of those people aren't true meteorologists, at least not over here. Some of them are, though.)

I actually learned a bit about radar and such (e.g., how to spot a bow echo, which portends a tornado), and I know a few geeky weather terms.

Oh I know most weather reporters here are definitely not meteorologists....either... they're just the pretty face of Meteorology

 

[Babs2u]

I am laughing at this example of the weather. It brings to mind when I would ask my ex, a meteorologist, a quick question on whether he thought the kids would need a jacket at school. He would invariably go off on a lengthy discussion of the weather, which I found endearing but exasperating. As I tried to get three little ones organized in morning, I would usually interrupt with an impatient "Jacket or not?!" I gave up after a few times and just sent them with a jacket or sweater. It still makes me laugh.

@Imogene, your post reminded me of a point I was meaning to bring up. I hope it's not considered off topic: the level of understanding one senses from other people who share a specific interest. Yours is horses. One of mine is the Beatles. I take the online Fab Four Master Classes, and I swear I've never felt such a sense of kinship with people I've never met.

Another is ocean liners. I laughed out loud the other day at someone online who posted, in response to a photo of the Olympic with the Lusitania in the background, "Oh, look at Lusitania steaming jealously away."

I'm sure we all have our specific interests like this, with groups that share the same interest just seeming to "get" us.

I hope I'm making sense.

I worked as a weather analyst and the meteorologists who did the forcasting were often asked what to expect. The running joke was "just look out the window".