some people just know

[Absaroka]

On Halloween our band decided everyone would come in costume. So of course, as I posted here, I put on my witch drag. Several women in the band dressed as men, but I don't think any of the other men dressed as women. Ho hum........

I took a picture of myself posing with my neighbor's halloween display in his front yard. (We are friends, he was fine with this) Later on I showed him the picture. His comment: "oh, so you've got a secret" made in a very matter of fact way.

Let's leave aside the fact that posing in broad daylight on his front lawn is hardly secretive. I thought it was pretty intersting that he seemed to be able to make a leap from halloween costume to the fact that Halloween is the crossdressers national holiday. Or at least that's what I thought he was doing.

A couple of days later I was in my front yard while he worked in his front yard. He was playing the radio. He ran over to tell me that they were playing my song and had me come over. It was the Eagles doing Witchy Woman. This lead to another discussion, this time with me thinking maybe he thought I had another secret altogether and me explaining that my costume choice had nothing to do with a liking for the occult, wierd sex, or drugs (listen to the lyrics sometime...) Okay so I no longer take drugs and don't consider crossdressing weird. I guess that leaves not wanting to have anything to do with the occult, which is another big secret for some folks.

Anyway I found it quite interesting that he seemed to be able to read a great deal of subtext into the whole thing. Sometimes the rest of the world is more knowledgable than we think.

Zari

[Carolynn]

And sometimes some folks project upon others their own secret desires. Could you neighbor be a closet CD? Or a Wannabe?

Carolynn

[DonnaT]

And sometimes songs on the radio revive certain short or long term memories.

In your case, he was just funnin' ya (takin'-the-Mickey), most likely, but he could have a secret too.

[Davita]

I'm with Carolynn. remember that "it takes one to know one?"

Then it could be he's just having fun with the whole situation so to have a better idea, has the neighbor had the kind of fun he's having now with other topics?

No matter, the neighbor having got it right or not doesn't sound like he would be upset about it if he just found out.

[Absaroka]

It could be that he has his own secrets. Or it could be that he grew up in Manhattan and knows a lot about a lot in these things. Either way he presented it in a low key way that was accepting.

Zari

[April Rose]

He probably just wanted you to get him some pot.