sugarplumkitty | Jonathan is Linus tonight!

At about 2:30 this afternoon, I'm heading for Modesto to see Jonathan in "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown."

I've never seen it before. Jonathan is playing Linus, a part he has found difficult because his voice decided to change during this play. He's having trouble with the mid-range notes. He can do the high notes and the low notes. It's the middle ones that make his voice squeak. We'll see how he does!

He called while I was in school this week. Eric talked to him. Jon failed to tell Eric to have me call him. There was a message on the machine from him yesterday where he mentioned his play. I called him back. He was upset with me for not calling him before. I told him Eric didn't tell me I was supposed to call back. Jon refused to accept that. I asked him if he told Eric to have me call him. He said he didn't. I told him if he wants people to call him, he should say that. He said if you call someone, they're automatically supposed to call back. He refuses to accept that you should say in plain words what you want from people, and called it "A Montgomery moment." We're at an impasse on that. Since Jon does call sometimes just to talk and I was very busy this week, I didn't call until I got the message about his play.

Both Eric and I are very literal people. We don't pick up on hints. It's part of having ADD from what I've read. If people tell me things in plain English, I understand.

What do you do? If someone calls and talks to a family member when you're not home and doesn't leave the message for you to call them back, do you call them back? Is this a social subtly I've missed?