On the other hand sometimes I come away from an interaction thinking “Damn, I was on today!” so I’ve learned to forgive myself for not always being there.
Only every time I interact with someone
Try decades as a neurodivergent corporate sales exec Imagine Neo was a clutz and saw the Matrix and was deep in the game, but had no abilities
Checks again for my autism— oh yep that’s just gonna be how that is I guess
Still internally screaming about the haircut I got 3 weeks ago, why do you ask 🙃
That haircut for me was 18 years ago. It’s all weather and direct sanitized answers now.
That’s why I don’t enter social situations…
Someone took the time to edit out the date & time info so you wouldn’t know how old this repost is.
that is going to be the title to my memoir:
“mmm … that was not my best work: the /u/TheReturnOfPEB story”
Does the day end in a y?
For the little things I think this adage is useful: “you can never say the wrong thing to the right person.” Tiny awkwardnesses should just be ignored, we’re all doing our best.
This does not apply in situations where you are being an asshole.
“Enjoy your meal!”
“Thanks, you too!” (Internally: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”)
Every time
Haha, yeah. I maybe blew up my household dynamic in one conversation the other day. Wish me luck everyone 🤞
Thinking the next day about something awkward I did/said at a party
Man, I really need to stop drinking before interacting with people, I just wind up putting my foot in my mou-
Suddenly realizing the awkward thing I did/said was before I started drinking and I was stone-cold sober when it happened
…oh. Maybe I should actually insist on drinking before interacting with people…
Every. Single. Time. .
But that implies I have some good social interactions
