I’m a New York City boy, and I kvetch a bit. Need to familiarize yourself with that term? It’s a Yiddish word for complaining, whining, and generally bitching about things. If you are from New York City, It’s no big deal. Half of the New York dialect comprises words borrowed from other languages. If it sounds good and descriptive, we snatch it. The availability of good juicy terms is almost endless as almost all the world resides in the city.
Back to kvetching. While annoying, it’s a safety valve on my temper. I grumble, growl, and complain about stuff rather than having temper tantrums (usually).
I am now growling about the calendar and how we need to fix February. It needs to be shorter. “But aren’t you worried about the total alienation of millions of people who would no longer have a birthday due to your shortening February by a week?” No. We’ll give them Valentine’s birthdays or shove them off into March. Don’t bother me with the details.
That’s the nice thing about my grumbling, growling, and kvetching. People roll their eyes, but nobody expects I’ll come up with anything constructive to fix the problem.
Now, about my plan to shorten February…
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Why pick on February? It’s already the shortest month… 🙂
It may be a blissful month where you are but not here!@$%^&
🙂
My husband’s birthday is the last day of February. He might kvetch a bit if we cut the month short.
Well, look…we can offer him the first day of spring, or groundhog day, but I’m afraid that many people have already asked for St. Valentine’s Day – sorry.
haha! You do run a tight ship, Lou!
customer service with a smile!
Kvetching is a prescription for indigestion. It makes you a better person all around.
January’s the month that needs some trimming. 🙂
Well compromise and trim both!
I like this word now.
Also, it’s finally snowing in my region now and I’m too excited to see this picture of yours😍