It made me feel like someone in an American situation comedy, being a "regular," having a "usual." The next step would have been effortlessly witty badinage, but unfortunately we were still some way away from that.
Although it's good to try new things and keep an open mind, it's also extremely important to stay true to who you really are. I read that in a magazine at the hairdressers.
"But surely it must be fun?" I said. "Catching up with family? All those people, pleased to see you, interested in your life?"
He looked at me carefully. "D'you know what, Eleanor? It is. I'm just being a grumpy bastard- sorry."
I saw him light the cigarette of a woman in a wheelchair - she'd brought her drip out with her, on wheels, so that she could destroy her health at the same time as taxpayers' money was being used to try and restore it.