Sunday, 2 March 2014

Old Lady Personality Seeks a Retirement Home.

Some people …
No, most people …
People in general…
An increasing number of people …
No, who am I kidding, let’s not hide behind generalisations this time, I, personally, hate being alone. I’m assuming that I’m not the only one (because rarely is anybody ever the ‘only one’ to do or experience something). I also applaud anyone who can relish their own company and space – those who can be perfectly content not being juxtaposed to another breath – because it is something I entirely can’t seem to do… much like I can’t play a musical instrument or ride a bike.
I know exactly why, too. I find myself to be insufferable. I know who I am, and I don’t like my own company. My mind is shared by the personality of a fuddy duddy 100 year old boring lady whose hobbies enjoy jigsaws and crossword puzzles, tea of all sorts (yes, tea can be a hobby) and hating things. Sounds like delightful company, no?
So, being alone forces me to invite said old lady over for psychoanalytical tea, where we have impetuous words over every fragment of existence (some call this over thinking) that can, at times, be entertaining. But most times I wish she would just shut up.
I guess this syndrome is exacerbated by my workaholic tendencies and my cramped apartment: where I work until I cannot anymore and I pace until I simply must sit. Those 20 minute delays in texts and hours of waits between company passing through my door force me to entertain myself. How. How do you entertain someone that doesn’t really like to be entertained, especially when she is in a mood ?  I try to please her constantly but somehow she shrugs it off.
So, if anyone knows a good retirement home, please tell them I would like a space for my personality.

Thank you.   

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