Exactly!
- Sunrise:
- I think it is the fact that the Christian believes in God and hopes that God will do something nice for the person the statement is being said to. The child believes in Santa and hopes that Santa will do something nice for the person the statement is being said to. Both are expressing their beliefs and hoping for the best for the object.
And Dujo: If that person meant it in an entirely nice way, and not as some form of curse, then I would be flattered. It all depends on the intent of the speaker. The speaker isn't to know that you don't believe, they're not psychic. They're just trying to be nice in a way that is very meaningful to them.
April 29th, 2008 at 01:03pm