My first thought when I saw this question was, “Who do you want to make
miserable and frightened?” When I could not think of anyone, I disliked enough
to want to haunt them, I turned the question around and asked myself, “Who
would you want to ‘hang out’ with as a ghost.”
This was an aha moment for me because in retirement my vindictive streak
has all but disappeared. Now that I am not in the throes of daily ‘work’
survival, I have come to recognize that most people are simply trying to survive
their days on a job. And some people are simply trying to make it through a day
in their life.
Retirement has given me a different perspective. It also makes me wonder
why I had to get to the ripe age of sixty-seven years and eleven months to learn
this lesson. I may be late to the party, but I made it!
My “haunted” person will be my friend Ginger for the following reasons:
She already has her family 24/7, she most likely will not notice me as
much as someone living alone.
I love listening to her play the guitar and sing.
She is the funniest person I have ever known, and I come from a family
of funny. My dad was the second funniest person in my life.
At times she reads scary books and scares herself late at night. If I ‘presented’
during those reading times she would take it in stride.
She would not be afraid of having me hang around because she knows I don’t
plan to follow her into the bathroom or try to talk to her while she is on the
phone. Unlike other people who might hang out at her house.
I would be happy sitting with her in her courtyard while she reads.
Since I am a ghost, I will not be asking her what is for dinner.
If I took a long break from haunting her, she would have complete faith
that I would pop up again one day, and she would not grill me about where I had
been during our time apart.
This sure sounds like a one-sided relationship. I believe that is the
idea of ‘haunting.’ But just maybe, she will appreciate having me as a sidekick.
Who would you haunt and why?
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