May. 25, 2009
Goodbye
Whenever someone is leaving lately, I seem to say “See you then.” with the sort of inflection that implies that we have set a time for a later meeting. This is the case even if I’ve just met the person and will likely never see them again. I don’t know how it makes them feel but it confuses me for several minutes and leaves the memory of the conversation lurking under a pall of self doubt.