Today, I ran into one of my classmates from high school. She’s really annoying and she talks A LOT. Honestly all I wanted was some coffee and some loneliness before my class started, but she just kept talking and talking and wouldn’t leave me alone. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I, a person who has graduated high school, encountered one of my high school teachers in public. The one known for her rampant ableism against me and tendency to get heated when people don't respond immediately to her when she talks. I've had horrible social anxiety for several years. Do the math. FML
Today, I was hitting on a girl who was getting ready to walk into the same class as me. We were waiting outside the room, so I told her that I'd heard the professor for the course was a total bitch. We walked into the room. I sat down at a desk. She stood behind the podium. FML
Today, in between the passing times at school, one of my classmates opened the door to my next class, so I turned to tell him thank you. Apparently, he was opening it for the teacher who was leaving. I collided with her and her very hot cup of coffee. FML
Today, a classmate at college accused me of stalking her. All because I walked past her house. I was walking to the supermarket. FML
Today, at school I was sitting with a friend outside, talking about irregular periods and unshaven legs. Ten minutes into the conversation, a teacher sticks her head out the window above us and tells us to leave. We were distracting a classroom who were trying to finish a test. FML
Today, while in class, my friend would not stop annoying me by tapping me on the shoulder every so often. After the fifth time, I lost my patience, told him to F off, and slapped his hand. Only it wasn't my friend tapping my shoulder this time, it was my teacher. FML
Today, I had to listen to my classmate loudly argue a question she got wrong on a test for half an hour, repeating the same incorrect argument ad nauseam. She screamed at the rightfully exasperated teacher for being "biased" when he gave up, and started screaming again when I tried to explain it in a different way. FML
Today, I had to place a call home because a student was late every single day. The mom rudely replied, “Yeah well she doesn’t really like getting up in the mornings. Can’t you just wait and start class like 30 minutes later?” Now I have to have a conference with this spoiled brat and her mother. FML
Today, a girl in my class threw a temper tantrum. Why? Because she wanted my seat. We're in high school. FML
Today, I pretended to be texting to avoid talking to an old classmate I saw at the grocery store. Unfortunately, my phone rang while I was “texting.” It was the classmate. I had no choice but to answer, while we were both standing 10 feet apart. FML
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Thaylok 17
Sometimes you need to be honest. You don't have to be brutal about it, but you need to put it out there. "Look, I really need some quiet time to prepare for this next class. So, excuse me while I go somewhere quiet to focus." I don't see that as dishonest because that quiet time is needed to prepare for some classes and regain your focus. It is not rude to excuse yourself from that unwanted conversation.
Chazzster 32
There are introverts (like you I assume, and like me to a degree) and extroverts (like the person you mentioned). People have many dimensions and there are differences between introverts and extroverts and how we interact… The world is full of all kinds and you have to be able to deal with both kinds. When the other person is getting on your nerves, you need to be able to communicate your own feelings - but not judgmentally because that shuts down communication. Most of the time people just make a plausible excuse why they have to go and just go somewhere else. But be aware that an extrovert needs other people and being told you don’t want to be around them hurts. So diplomacy is required.
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Thaylok 17
Sometimes you need to be honest. You don't have to be brutal about it, but you need to put it out there. "Look, I really need some quiet time to prepare for this next class. So, excuse me while I go somewhere quiet to focus." I don't see that as dishonest because that quiet time is needed to prepare for some classes and regain your focus. It is not rude to excuse yourself from that unwanted conversation.
Chazzster 32
There are introverts (like you I assume, and like me to a degree) and extroverts (like the person you mentioned). People have many dimensions and there are differences between introverts and extroverts and how we interact… The world is full of all kinds and you have to be able to deal with both kinds. When the other person is getting on your nerves, you need to be able to communicate your own feelings - but not judgmentally because that shuts down communication. Most of the time people just make a plausible excuse why they have to go and just go somewhere else. But be aware that an extrovert needs other people and being told you don’t want to be around them hurts. So diplomacy is required.
D J's MOM 17
you could have just said you have somewhere to be and gone to the library.