little boy giving me bottled water. (no, he's not a vendor.)
me, shrugging my shoulders: 'thanks...'
he extends the water closer to me.
i again shrug my shoulders: 'thanks...'
he looks at me intently and asks: 'that's already okay?'
me: 'yes... thanks...'
only then did he move on to the others.
hmmm... so my response wasn't clear.
'no' is you move your head side to side.
'yes,' you nod.
yup, a shoulder shrug is neither here nor there.
and 'thanks' you usually say when you receive something.
i should have said, 'no, thanks...'
but then i didn't want to say 'no' to a child.
some things are not that simple, uhm, at least to me... :"}
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