Tell me your name
Isn't it weird the things that make you uncomfortable, or the boundaries that you set for yourself?
For example, I have this thing with nicknames. Not so much the weird ones, like Slinky, or ones that you yourself assign to other people in relation to an event or some sort of private joke. But just shortening of names...like going from Kirsty to Kris, or Belinda to Belle...that sort of thing. I have this thing against it! It's not even conscious, I just have difficulty doing it, like I'm violating some sort of pact, or invading a relationship. I don't even know why, but there we have it...if you have a name by which you are more commonly referred to, an aka, and I don't call you by it, that's why.
Point number two. Is it wrong to dumb yourself down? I often catch myself doing it, pretending that no, I'm not smart, or that I don't know what something means or that something is too hard for my weak little mind. Especially when I meet new people, for some reason it's just easier to be stupid than to be intelligent, is a dumb blonde attractive? I'd like to think it's just an instinct to make yourself seem less intelligent than the person you're talking to, which in turn boosts their ego...ack!
For example, I have this thing with nicknames. Not so much the weird ones, like Slinky, or ones that you yourself assign to other people in relation to an event or some sort of private joke. But just shortening of names...like going from Kirsty to Kris, or Belinda to Belle...that sort of thing. I have this thing against it! It's not even conscious, I just have difficulty doing it, like I'm violating some sort of pact, or invading a relationship. I don't even know why, but there we have it...if you have a name by which you are more commonly referred to, an aka, and I don't call you by it, that's why.
Point number two. Is it wrong to dumb yourself down? I often catch myself doing it, pretending that no, I'm not smart, or that I don't know what something means or that something is too hard for my weak little mind. Especially when I meet new people, for some reason it's just easier to be stupid than to be intelligent, is a dumb blonde attractive? I'd like to think it's just an instinct to make yourself seem less intelligent than the person you're talking to, which in turn boosts their ego...ack!