In my life, I have met many different kinds of people. I have not, sadly, interacted with everyone due to my passiveness when it comes to conversation/getting to know another person. Nevertheless, I don’t purposely ignore a person or hate on someone I’ve barely talked to. In fact, I don’t really hate on anyone. Ever.
But. Recently I met someone in one of my classes. We said hi the first few times we saw each other and then suddenly, nothing. We weren’t close. I mean, we’ve barely had much of a conversation. I don’t really mind so much that he doesn’t say hi, honestly. I’m not much of a say-hello-to-everyone-I-know kind of person. But it’s the way he does it.
He seemed so friendly at first, all smiles. And then, the first time he ‘ignored’ me, I figured he didn’t see me. But then it kept happening. Again and again. And the more he does this, the more I feel like I’ve wronged him somehow. I was walking with one of my good friends, and he put on a nice smile and gave her a ‘hello’, but I simply went unnoticed, like he was attacking me or something.
Again, we had another encounter in a stairwell where it’s kind of unlikely not to see someone if you’re walking towards each other. And I’m very sure he saw me. But, no ‘hello’.
And all I can think is, what did I do???
I don’t know. Maybe I’ll never know. Maybe this is a message from him saying I need to speak up first, be more willing to make conversation with other people. Maybe I just need to open up a big more and make myself seem more approachable.
Or maybe he doesn’t realize what he’s doing and I’m reading too much into it.
Who knows?
But. Recently I met someone in one of my classes. We said hi the first few times we saw each other and then suddenly, nothing. We weren’t close. I mean, we’ve barely had much of a conversation. I don’t really mind so much that he doesn’t say hi, honestly. I’m not much of a say-hello-to-everyone-I-know kind of person. But it’s the way he does it.
He seemed so friendly at first, all smiles. And then, the first time he ‘ignored’ me, I figured he didn’t see me. But then it kept happening. Again and again. And the more he does this, the more I feel like I’ve wronged him somehow. I was walking with one of my good friends, and he put on a nice smile and gave her a ‘hello’, but I simply went unnoticed, like he was attacking me or something.
Again, we had another encounter in a stairwell where it’s kind of unlikely not to see someone if you’re walking towards each other. And I’m very sure he saw me. But, no ‘hello’.
And all I can think is, what did I do???
I don’t know. Maybe I’ll never know. Maybe this is a message from him saying I need to speak up first, be more willing to make conversation with other people. Maybe I just need to open up a big more and make myself seem more approachable.
Or maybe he doesn’t realize what he’s doing and I’m reading too much into it.
Who knows?