Freud Would Be Proud

In doing some preliminary research for this post, I was surprised to find an utter lack of significant Japanese psychoanalysts. So Freud is the go-to name.

I managed to raise some eyebrows and color a few cheeks in Japanese class today. We were trying to piece together sentences about what we like to do and with whom. We were expected to come up with things along the lines of "I like playing video games with Weevil."

When my turn came up, I was asked "Who do you like to eat with?" (pay no attention to the atrocious grammar. Sentence structure tends to get sacrificed in the translation.) I thought I'd be cute and clever and respond "I like to eat with women." Sort of an open invitation for the ladies to join me for lunch. That was the plan.

After I gave my answer, there was some chuckling throughout the class. I was confused. Either people thought my answer was indeed cute and clever, or I had misspoke. Then the answer came. Someone pointed out that what I actually said was "I like to eat at women."

OK. Now I have to find a way to spin this in my favor. Instantly, the appropriate path became apparent.

"I stand by my answer," I said.

The chuckling turned into a lot of whispered conversation. Just about every woman in the class started blushing.

My thought: How you doin'?