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I dont need a fortune teller to.hear that, its called dinner with my parents.

"Your sibling will one day rule the US. He will be a very influential politician and he will enact a lot of policies making him one of the most popular presidents in the history of America."

I rolled my eyes. Max was five years old. I doubted that he could tell the difference between left and right much less become the president of the greatest country in the world.

"Well that's all really nice about my brother. Let's get back to my life. You said that it would be a boring life. "

The fortune teller nodded. She was an old women with a wrinkly appearance who was staring at the crystal ball in front of her.

"What do you mean by boring ?"

The fortune teller looked at me a bit confused, looking away from the ball. "What do I mean by boring ? Well you'll have a wife, live in a house and work in a job you don't particularly like till you're dead. "

"So I will get married in the future ? And I'll get a house. "

"Well, yes. You will. "

"A wife and a house isn't too boring now is it ?"

"Lots of people have wives and houses " she argued. "Only a few become presidents. "

"Yes, yes. But just because lots of people have a thing, does that make the thing boring ? And anyways, I won't have the same wife as other people. I won't have the same house as other people. Both of them are unique. "

"Well, yes. In a certain sense. " the fortune teller conceded. "But it's boring compared to being the president"

"Well I find it in poor taste that you would call my wife boring"

"You haven't even met her yet"

"Well I wouldn't marry someone who isn't boring."

"Well no, she isn't boring in a sense." The fortune teller said, "but when compared to being the president... "

"My wife cannot be compared to anyone. She's incomparable"

"Like I said, you haven't even met her yet."

"Well when I meet her, I'll know she's incomparable. And i'll be happy with her. And we can have fun together. I'd love to play chess with her and go on trips together. Will that happen ?"

"Yes, those things will happen"

"Then that doesn't make my life boring does it ? If it makes me happy, who cares if other people find it boring.Thanks a lot for this. Here's your fee. "

And with that I left the fortune tellers shop, feeling really pleased with how my life would turn out to be while leaving a rather stunned fortune teller behind.

Ooooh, he is looking at life right. Gosh darn that is good.

I really like this take! This is exactly what I would hope for. Boring isn't bad, especially if the comparison is president! I'd take happily married with a house and vacations and games and such. Boring may mean no great heights but it also means no great falls. It's not for nothing that the English expression "may you live in interesting times" is viewed as a curse.

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If you can't say something nice or helpful then don't say anything at all.

I thought it was a great story. What prompts you to disagree?

Completely ignoring his little brother's upcoming 'interesting future as a President' to hyperfixate on his own predictable future, this poor guy must have suffered under Trump's presidency lmao.

Oh totally lol

Then write a better one if you can

Your parents are fortune tellers.

How do you know his life is boring? What's wrong with boring? Exciting at my job means fighting and gun threats, I'm happy with boring days.

This. This is how you subvert expectations.