PEEPING PEGGY
i am a voyeur. it's sick and true. but i can't help it sometimes... no really i can't.
the previous tenant of the house next door was paranoid, so the blinds directly across from our kitchen were always closed. new friendly couple, who recently purchased the home always has their blinds open, as do we, and our houses are so close together i can almost reach out and touch them... at the very least i can see them oh so clearly. now when i am doing dishes or headed for the bathroom i can look over any time and see the inner workings of new friendly couple (heretofore called NFC).
NFC has now become my own little project in observation. what does the every day life really look like in a middle-aged, no children marriage?
a typical night looks a little something like hubby and wife sitting at kitchen table eating dinner- not talking. at all. it always strikes me as interesting. there have been times when i have washed each dish just a little more slowly just to wait and see if they ever do say anything to one another- but nope... nadda! interesting. maybe it's just me. maybe i am just a talker... maybe i just can't shut up. but really? you guys don't say anything at all? weird! and it makes me uncomfortable (as if i had any business being uncomfortable on their behalf) watching them look at everything in the room other than each other as they slowly masticate their food and take time sawing their chicken breast into bite-sized pieces.
then i walk away and later notice that now hubby is in the family room (which from kitchen window i can also see inside FR window) watching the current game and wife is sitting at kitchen table reading.
now i am not about to start making judgements based on these very brief interactions- but seriously- am i the only one that finds it rather interesting that this couple doesn't seem to interact at all? okay so they eat in the same room.. good enough? of course i don't see what they are like any other times of the day. but believe me when i say i am not done with my observations. i am totally and utterly intrigued by this and i can't stop looking! don't judge me or tell on me- i'm pretty sure it's illegal and i'm already in enough trouble with the law as it is!
and it's not like they haven't seen anything unusual coming from my kitchen. i mean michael and i did get caught dancing in my kitchen to the musical CATS...
13 years ago
4 comments:
have you seen the burbs? I totally support your voyerism. Keep up the good work peg! Such odd behavior-they must be up to something!
Where did you get the music for CATS? I think people that keep their blinds open deserve to be watched and analyzed.
Most people keep their lurking to cyberland; I'm glad you're taking it into reality!
Nat's comment was right on! However being very similar to that couple you are obsessed with I will let you in on a few facts. There is no dialogue because you cannot believe you are eating the same old yucky food because of the diet you must maintain to keep your cholestoral down and seriously how many chicken breasts, salmon fillets and salads is it going to take before one gets back to normal...if that is even a remote possibility. It's down right ridiculous...all I want is Cinnabuns and I can't have them. #1 because I would have to go to the airport to get one and then #2 Roger, my devoted spouse says
"they're poison" and looks at me funny. So I get a bit miffed with him that he keeps me to this diet, which by the way I've gained six (6) pounds on, so hence no dinner conversation. It's funny when you have spent nearly 25 years with someone...you don't need to talk sometimes (I get more psychic the older I get), if I ask him what he is thinking about, it is the same thing I am thinking about and I really don't want to talk about it so hurray for the TV. Of course I save reading until I go to bed. Roger cannot keep his eyes opened past 9pm so he likes to curl up around 8:30pm and I prefer 10ish. I would like to discuss the books I read with him but they are so deeply steeped in theology and spiritual concepts that he get tired of listening to my diatribe.
So there you have it...the older couple actually sound quite normal to me, you'd be surprised.
Have a beautiful fall.
Deb Stanley
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