I don’t get you…

Yes, You, well more specifically, people. I don’t get people at all. In fact sometimes I think I get on with the dog better than I do most humans.

Right, This is a rant. It wont make much sense, It wont entirely sound right but I need to get it off my chest.

Heres the thing, we as humans, we all seem to have these little… ‘rituals’ or ‘games’ like when a guy talks to a girl. You can’t just admit, however subtly that you like someone. You have to play the ‘hard to get’ game with a generous amount of ‘teasing’.

Of course the same goes with people you meet and maybe upset, or confuse or just say something slightly out of place. Instead of actually being told that you’ve done something wrong, or a nudge in the ribs with the words “that wasn’t the best thing to say” most of us have to sit around and actually wonder what on earth we have done.

Now, I stress here and now that I have not gone and upset someone, at least not that I know of, and nor is this a blog post crying for sympathy. It is simply me expressing some thoughts after a long week of contemplating just why I don’t get people. In fact the more I try to understand, the more confused I get.

Actually, let me tell you where this came from. A few days ago I went out with some friends, as you do. I sat in a pub, chatting away normally, and then a few minutes later, someone goes silent. Totally. But of course they say they are fine. It turns out that I had said something that related to a ‘personal issue’ from their past.

Now, what I said, was perfectly fine, it just happened to remind them of it. But unfortunately the game got played and instead of someone being honest, or just shrugging it off, the person just decided to go off on one. So when I say I don’t understand people, I really mean it. I don’t understand them!

I really do think I understand pets / dogs etc more than i understand people!

Right, rant over. Don’t know if that actually made sense but, I needed to do it.

Next post… Mac! Yes… I know!