Gary Brecka

You know what?

I don't know why I set that expectation on her.

Yeah.

I'd be actually pretty upset if she set that expectation on me.

Yeah.

You know, at least give me the courtesy if you're going to, you know, if you want me to be socially engaging with a bunch of new strangers, at least give me a heads up that they're coming to, which is springing on me.

Yeah.

Oh, dude, you're hitting all the high points.

So does my wife.

I'm like, if there are no tennis shoes on the counter, we're doing well.

We're going to meet her definition.

Yeah.

I love that.

You know, and I think, you know, this expectation leads to a lot of apprehension.

You know, you've called anxiety a crisis of hope.

Mm-hmm.

You know, I sat with that definition for a little while because, you know,

It makes a lot of sense to me that, you know, hope is your at least belief that something's going to turn out a certain way.

And when it doesn't, or that you hope a certain person isn't at a dinner party when you arrive, or you hope that you get to have them earlier, you hope that the food is good at a restaurant.

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