You worked 80 hours a week at times. Whenever you were home, you hid from everything and everyone. Maybe that's due to the fact that you've suffered from depression most of your life. A man with depression, an 80 hour work week at a mental hospital, and 11 children definitely has an excuse to hide away from it all when he can. As a child, I saw you as some sort of distant uncle or family friend, and I was scared of you. To be fair, you weren't at all scary; but because I never knew you, I was afraid. People fear what they don't know anything about.
Am I anyone's friend really? Sometimes I think I'm close with someone, but then I may see a flicker of annoyance in their face when I act like my goofy self. I feel like I talk too much; well, I don't just feel it, I know it. Why do I have this uncontrollable trait of speaking without a filter or restriction? Maybe it's because I was ignored during my childhood. No one noticed me because I was shy and wasn't "cute" like my sister. So sometimes I feel like people tire of me easily. Is that just me? It's the same at work. Everyone loves this new guy Eryn, pompous as he is. They laugh at his jokes (if you can even call them jokes) and rave at his ideas. Admittedly, he does have great ideas. Still, why do I feel like my boss wants nothing to do with me? Why is he okay with Eryn working from home, but tells me I'm not allowed to? Why does he never ask about me? He forgot my birthday and even worse, when he finally remembered, there was no card or anyth...
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