Is it sarcasm? Or are they just oblivious?

Is it just me?

What did that even mean?

Don't you ever have someone say something that makes you think that?

Something I get told occasionally is

You don't look like you have kids! 🤣

What does that mean?? ( -_-; )
Should I be happy?
Is it an insult?

To a question like that,

Really? ( -_-; )


That's the only way I can answer, isn't it?

That happens quite often.

Well, that's neither here nor there, though (lol).

Yesterday, I got a call from my mother-in-law,

Mother-in-law: "Some delicious mochi arrived from a relative."

Me: "Uh-huh."

I thought it was a call saying she'd give us some mochi and to come pick it up 🙄, so I listened on.

Mother-in-law: "It's mochi from Niigata, freshly pounded, and it's the delicious kind."

I don't really need that explanation ( -_-; ), I thought while listening.

Mother-in-law: "The kids like mochi, right?"

Me: "Yes, they all love it."

Mother-in-law: "How many does each person eat?"

How many? I just grill them and let them eat as much as they want, so I don't count how many each person eats... Just however many.

Me: "Well, the top three kids eat about 4 or 5 of them. My second daughter eats about 2, I guess."

Mother-in-law: "They sure eat a lot, don't they?"

So what?
Does that not mean I should come pick up the mochi??
The lead-up to the main point is so long.

Mother-in-law: "I'm thinking of giving the mochi to my son's family (my brother-in-law), but for your place, mymy, store-bought mochi from the supermarket is fine, right?"

Excuse me? (;￣ェ￣)
Are you seriously asking that?
Why did you even call?
Are you oblivious? Or are you being mean?

You're going to give the good mochi to my brother-in-law's family, but you think cheap mochi is fine for us, and you're going out of your way to ask me that? (ーー；)

If you hadn't told me it arrived,
I wouldn't have known about the mochi,
so couldn't you have just given it to my brother-in-law on your own?

Or was I supposed to...

Mother-in-law, please give us some of that delicious mochi—would she have given it to us if I had said that?

Did she want me to say that??

I don't really care about mochi, so cheap mochi is totally fine, but what was the point of this call?

That's what I ended up thinking.

I mean, even without calling me,
couldn't you have just taken the mochi that arrived
and split it half and half between my brother-in-law's family and our family?

We have 4 kids.
My brother-in-law has 4 kids too.

It's the same.

But 3 of my brother-in-law's kids are already adults, and the top two are even married, so if anything, our family probably eats more mochi 😑

Well, regarding this confusing phone call,

Me: "We don't really need any mochi, it's fine."

Mother-in-law: "It's okay. I'll just buy some at the supermarket."

So it's the supermarket one after all.

Me: "Oh, okay then 😑"

And so, I hung up the phone.

Seriously, this phone call was completely unnecessary!

I can't tell if they're just airheaded,
or if they're being mean.

Well, it doesn't seem like they're thinking about anything at all though 🤣

It looks like I'll be able to get the mochi (lol).

There are some people who just have to say
things that don't need to be said, aren't there?

That was the story.

Thank you for putting up with
my silly story 💧

Thank you for reading.
I hope everyone has a happy day today as well.