reflections on class discussion 8/24

Based on the class discussion on thursday, I feel that the quote, "I could tell you stories" brings on a whole new meaning. I used to think that it was just a way to break the ice, but when it comes from a middle-aged woman who was making out with a hot young guy in front of a train with a lot of people watching just really makes me think. My first thought was that of the girl on the train "EWW," but at the same time I felt a sort of sympathy for the middle-aged woman. I feel for her because whether we know it or not, we all have had those moments when we wish we could share a story about our lives, but don't, we just keep it bottled up inside. So, bascially this quote opnes up a window into this person's life and invited the other girl into the her life's story, but the reason the middle-aged woman stays quiet after saying the quote is simply because the other girl was not interested. Why? I believe that becasue of her shallowness, that she will never be able to find happiness in another person just ike the woman she was staring at did. Also, the fact that she could have told the story, but the fact that she did not could be because she knew the girl would not understand, especially since she couldn't do her stories justice. I thinkshe knew the girl coudn't relate anyway. The stories also might change over time, because what usually happens is that people forget bits and pieces of the story, and eventually the story does not relate to what that perosn was originally talking about in the first place. I feel that this quote can be interpreted in many ways, these are just my thoughts on this quote.