Inappropriate Laughter

Am I the only person that laughs, sometimes, when it's completely inappropriate and uncalled for?

Typically the more stupid as well as predictable a thing is, the harder I laugh.

I recently got a call from a co-worker, also a friend outside of work, sobbing about a newly minted relationship.  I picked her up in downtown LA to save her the hardship of taking the commuter bus home in tears. Once at my place she dove into various texts messages with the new guy, both of us analyzing and dissecting "what it all could mean".  After an hour of beating the dead horse, I said what I thought the outcome of their next conversation would be and went on with whatever I was doing prior to picking her up.

Soon after, she got an unfortunate text message basically confirming my predicted outcome. I felt like we should have left for Las Vegas.

But rather than saying that I just burst into laughter. And I mean, not just laughter. Like, raucous laughter. Maniacal cartoon like laughter. It wasn't so much gleeful, in the fact that I had been right, but moreso about the fact that the situation and the response I knew was coming was just so - predictable.  He let her down and therefore me and in that instance all I could do was laugh in utter disappointment. For her being hurt again, for me being right again. The whole damn thing.

People can be so shitty to one another.

My go-to responses to most everything in life that don't work out is anger and disappointment. Sure, hurt is often there too but no one has time to digest that. On rare occasions, such as this one, I take the emotional high road; the "Jesus." or "Seriously, God damn." approach with the laughter.

I have hit the bottom of the fucks given well. I believe in the disbelief that someone could say and/or do something so shitty. And sometimes when things get bad, you just have to shake your head and laugh. It's a laugh based in disgust, disbelief, all with your eyes wide open knowing that you were right the whole time. It sucks.

I've been there before. Luckily those that were around me knew not to dare laugh, no matter what the meaning or intention. They say laughter is the best medicine and I believe that. Not just for the taker but for those around them.

As a funny epilogue to the week of inappropriate laughter, My Special Man Friend ("MSMF") and I were in the car on our way to the gym. As we pulled through a local stop sign, we spotted a few people and a dog sitting out front of their apartment in the grass. As we slowly passed them, I could distinctly see the log laid out on it's stomach, Superman style. MSMF quickly glanced over and said "Aww look at that lazy dog."

Now, I could clearly see that the fucking dog was in a wheel chair with his legs pinned back into the support brace. He must have caught the wheels at the back of the dogs legs because suddenly his tune changed. "Oh no... Wait. That's the wheel dog!"

I burst out laughing. I died laughing! I couldn't help it. It was so god damn funny! I hadn't seen Wheely Dog before but I guess MSMF had. He didn't laugh but I laughed enough for the two of us.

People as well as life can be sad and shitty.

Rather than being reactionary, sometimes it's best to laugh. Inappropriately.