Some people just don't read "other people" (usually men of women, or women of men) all that well. What that means is they mistake dyspeptic remarks made by someone else for their own dry-witted cynicism. Or they interpret laughter as being because of their own inherent wit, rather than being aimed directly at them.
Usually men are the stupid ones. Often egocentric men are so concerned with their own importance that they fail to see they have been "out-verbalized" or "hung out to dry" by some witty young female. It can get worse if the man is older as well as being insensitive. That is the paradox of the "commedia character"-- the cuckolded foolish old man!
This is the idyllic old man's foolishness that glistened eyes lead us into. So be wary when Sarah smiles.
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