She Hated Me for the Oddest Reason
Friend: What do you mean she never liked you? She told me she did! I clearly remember that — “I like WordNerd.”
WordNerd: Beats me. I got along with her just fine the first time I worked with her. Subsequent times, I found it difficult to get her to return my phone calls, provide me with information, and give me access to the surveys we get after these things. She did not like me at all.
Friend: Did you ever tell your buddy?
WordNerd: Yes. And he blew me off. He was biased, though.
Friend: Slightly. But I wonder why she acted like that? Wait — I bet it’s because she was threatened by another beautiful woman.
WordNerd: Why does that matter? She’s married and I’m committed.
Friend: I think that’s what it was. Competition.
WordNerd: For what or whom were we competing?
Friend: It’s not what, it’s whom. You work well with your buddy and she didn’t like attention diverted.
WordNerd: Huh? Oh . . .
Friend: Yep, that’s it. She hated you because you two are tight.
WordNerd: That’s bullshit. If she had asked, I would’ve answered her succinctly. He’s like my brother. My older geeky brother, substantially geekier than my real older geeky brother.
Friend: Hah! Yeah, he is a geek.
As geeky as I am?
Well, you are plenty geeky, at least as much as Big Brother A, but since the buddy in question is older than me, I went for the older brother comparison. Had he been younger you would’ve been the comparison, I swear. :)