getting along with others…

Inherently requires censorship. This is one of the reasons I often make a negative first impression on people I consider abrasive - my first response to a jab is to push back, hard. Often I accidentally let a response slip out before I decide to let things go.

This rarely works in my favour.

I’d like to be in complete control of my reactions, or to do the opposite and be as uncensored as possible, when I feel I’ve been slighted. I most often end up in a mix of the two, because I am imperfect.

I don’t intend to complicate social situations by taking things personally. When I do, I will usually try to rectify it. Do me the favour of either letting it go unremarked, or of not acting as though I am naturally the agressor.

I’m trying. I promise.