Some personal examples that come to mind are:

  • Being late for work because I heard the people in the apartment next to me leave and I waited five minutes so I wouldn’t have to share the elevator

  • Cleaning my house for two hours before strategically placing items I can talk about just so I can have a friend of multiple years over and after they left replaying things I said to make sure I didn’t say anything embarrassing

  • Not being able to look my Tinder date in the eyes even though we’ve been talking for a month and we had planned to have relations that evening

  • Spending $200 on a sweater at a craft market because I worked up the courage to ask the price and couldn’t bring myself to say no thanks

  • Forgetting something I needed at a store and just leaving because I didn’t want to face the cashier

They’re all things that are silly in hindsight that I later realised the average person likely wouldn’t have done. I know no one would have really cared in these situations.

Just curious what stories people have.

  • Sora@reddthat.com
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    6 months ago

    • Spending a greater part of a bus ride, worrying as the bus gets fuller and anticipating having to push my way out or accidentally stepping on toes.

    • Replaying past interactions in my head and beating myself over what I could have done better.

    • Taking the paths with less people around.

    There are more but I’m a bit wiped at the moment.