Mistaken meaning

So this happens sometimes with simple stuff. Two people talk together, about different things. But not in the way that “different things” could mean different topics to discuss. I mean “different things” to mean two people having a single conversation, with both parties talking about different subjects, thinking that the other person is intending to talk about their singular topic. Wow. That’s actually hard to describe. And strangely it doesn’t have a name.

Enough of that, because my dilemma this morning has to do with something similar, but less complicated. I thought my neighbor gave me a solstice present, and in return I had the burning desire to make her a pie. Now I have found out she did not think of me on the solstice and was actually out of town. My pie making energies have been fuddled. And yet I still feel that if I was going to give her one, I still should. But now I would like to make a pie for other reasons, like for my mum’s holiday parties. And I can’t really make two pies. But I suppose half a pie isn’t much of a gift is it? Why is that I wonder? It’s still yummy, but since the other person naturally assumes that you have already been eating on the pie, the gift holds less significance. But that would imply that the pie was so good you couldn’t help yourself, therefore it should still make a nice gift. And with everyone worrying about weight these days… half a pie should be fine, no?

Yeah. I thought not as well.