Oh the Awkwardness...

*BLING*

(facebook chat noise)

anonymous

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Heyy JOSH!! whats up?

Me

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hii nothing listening to music and talking to people

what are u doing?

anonymous

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uhm nothing being bored

Me

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thats nice

anonymous

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u know who i like!?

This, my friends, is weird. I love fun conversations, but I draw a thick line on where you shouldn't go with a conversation. It saves the awkwardness for me and ultimately yourself. Sure, it would be nice (on some level) to know who you like, but going straight for it right from the start is a little tense! You can't just jump outta the box like that. That's, in some way, like if a mother gave birth to a child and the kid comes out like "awww yeah! fresh air hey doc cut this.. cut this.. ALRIGHT i'm ready for school." YOU WOULD NOT LIKE THAT WOULD YOU!? You gotta ease the question into the conversation. You gotta slyly INFUSE it into the text. Just like raising a kid. You don't want him to act the age of a teenager at birth! You want to accept the journey that is parenting and enjoy going through that journey! But this doesn't mean that you should make me run laps around the anxiety pool trying to figure out who you like. Just throw it out there when we've explored into that subject and you're comfortable enough to tell me, if I want to know. Most of the time I will if we spent an endless hour talking about it. Sometimes, all you need is someone to talk to. It'll lift some weight off of your shoulders.

Life's a lot like facebook conversations. You have to be careful.

Yeah I thought of that. Don't quote me (yet) though because I don't know if it makes sense yet either :)

P.S.

anonymous didn't tell me who this person likes. I guessed it. One shot. 10 points to Josh.