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Have you ever noticed as you walk by an acquaintance on campus, that you say the same thing to each one, regardless of what is going on? It usually goes something like this: "Hey, what's up? Not much. What's up with you? Nothing." Or, " How are you? Fine" Don't you get sick and tired of saying the same thing over and over and over in your already monotonous day? Don't you wish you could just be honest with people and tell them how you feel? Wouldn't it be great to answer when asked "Hey, what's up" with "Well my day's going pretty crappy. I weighed myself today and I've gained a half a pound. I don't know what to do because I won't be able to fit into my mini skirt that I wear on Tuesdays. I ate Chinese for lunch so now I have really bad gas. I had to sit by the door in Econ so I could waft the smell out. Billy broke up with me last night, and I thought I would be heartbroken, but you'd be surprised how a pint of Cherry Garcia makes the world spin 'round. My dog has pneumonia."? I get so tired of telling everyone I am fine and that nothing is happening in my life, cause anyone that knows me knows nothing is ever just fine and there is never a time in my life when some sort of drama isn't going on. I think people don't know each other as well as they should because conversation has become so shallow. I see people I know on campus and avoid them or turn my head and act like I don't see them just so I can avoid another meaningless conversation. I think we should all be honest for just one day when people ask us those questions. It would be fun to pour all our crap out on a poor unsuspecting acquaintance! You might get some weird looks or the person might run from you, but won't it feel dang good to tell the truth for once? |
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OK, so I took my own advice today and decided to answer truthfully to someone asking me what's up? They said, "Hey Laura, what's up?" and I said "Well I just got done giving a presentation on gender differences in anxiety while imagining interactions and in real interactions and it went well. Its a huge project out of the way so that's great." He responded so considerately "Umm, cool." and he didn't even stop to give me this generous reply, but just kept walking. Well, isn't it nice to know that people really don't give a crap what is actually up with you. So I guess I'm going to change my advice, just say you're fine and keep walking, they don't really care. |
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