I never quite understood why people use the phrase, "You just wait." It's one of the most annoying, condescending phrases that anyone can utter. I call these people "You Just Wait-ers." Unlike normal waiters, they don't deliver delish food, tempting cocktails, devilish deserts; they deliver their own dish of unhappiness, jealousy, and all around miserableness.
When you think about it, you never hear, "I just got a Wii; you just wait!" or "I just dropped 10 pounds; you just wait!" It's always negative. "Uhg...I just turned 35 and none of my pants fit me anymore (insert sneering look here); you just wait!" or "My 3-year-old has tantrums every day (again, insert the miserable, 'my life sucks so yours should, too' look here); you just wait!"
Maybe this phrase is really a secret cry for help from these people. Their life is so miserable and they can't handle it, so they want someone else to be as miserable as they are so they have someone with whom to commiserate. It really used to get me fired up when people would say this phrase to me, but now I just feel sorry for the people who choose to use it.
So whether it's turning 35 or having the joy of children in my life, I can only say one thing: I will just wait. I have no other choice.
Now, about that Wii...Santa, are you listening?
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