Do you ever have just one of those truly awkward moments when you realize there's something strange between you and the person you're talking to? A feeling like there's something just not quite right between you? Call me crazy. Call me paranoid. It happens to me. For good or bad I think one of my 'attributes' is that I'm perceptive about people--and I know when they're trying to hide something from me. (Is this just me? AM I crazy? Or do other people have these experiences too?)
I came to realize this when I was living in Provo. I had a bishop that treated me strange but I couldn't put my finger on it and didn't understand why. I tried not to think about it until finally one of my roommates noticed. To make a long story short, come to find out this bishop was placing my roommate's unborn child into the home of one of his friends. Who just so happened to live about 4 houses down from where my parents lived. And he thought I was trying to tell my roommate to keep her baby (which I wasn't).
It's a strange thing to blog about, I know, but I had an experience yesterday where I found myself talking to someone--who called me over to say hi--only to realize that the person they were with--who I have interacted with before in the past with no issues--was being stand-offish. I tried to make polite conversation but ended up feeling like I was talking to the wall so I walked away (wondering 'Why did they call me over to say hi if they didn't really want to talk to me? Why not just let me keep walking by? I hadn't seen them until they called my name').
The experience left me with this strange nagging feeling. Something wasn't right, but what?
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Sheri, do we need to talk?
I know what you're talking about! I try to explain it to Nate but he thinks I'm paranoid or making things up. But for real, I can tell when people are annoyed or put off by me. I can just tell. It makes me sick sometimes.
P.S. I hope you can tell over the blog that we're good.
I guess everyone likes me because I never get that vibe from other people! Only joking of course. I think that is great you can sense when something isn't right. I definitely think that is a trait only women have. Seriously.
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