Rules

I'm super awkward.

I'll admit it.

I never know the right things to say, or how to say them. I have never understood the "rules."

Often times I end up shying away in the corner (that works well a lot of the time). Or in an effort to be honest and straight forward, I'm too blunt, too honest.

Ugh.

I wish I had a rule book for this kind of thing. Maybe I should write one...it would include entries like:

Interacting with your boss:
Talk about sports stuff, (oh wait, learn about sports first, then talk about it).

Addressing your father:
Call him "Pappy," "Old man," "Pa" or "Daddy."

Eating dinner at a fancy restaurant:
Don't lick your fingers, even if it's super good!

Expressing condolences:
Don't talk about your goldfish that died five years ago, you just gotta let that one go.

Responding to compliments:
"Are you sure?" isn't the best response, try something like, "Thanks, you're super rad!"

Interacting with the opposite sex:
....your search yielded no results....
....does not compute....
....error...
....

Yeah, so maybe I shouldn't write a book of rules.

But I wish we lived in a world where we could be completely honest with people. Honest about who we are, what we think, how we feel...how they make us feel.

Maybe it would make things more complicated if we didn't play these silly games...but then again, maybe it wouldn't.

Maybe if I could be straight with people, then this person would know that I'm sorry. That person would know how much I care for them. And that other person would understand why I'm so awkward. And this one person would see that I'm just trying to make them proud. And that one person would know that I just want to hang out with them, because I think they're the bees knees.

Wouldn't it be great, if things were more simple? I don't know, I'm just going to be hanging in my corner, while I think about it.