Annoying

Hating Things That Dim The Grin

In the space of the past hour, a spate of messages have alternately brightened and dimmed my hovel-grin, leaving me slightly muddled in the head and my cheek muscles significantly more tired. I'll fill you in.

First, i got a ridiculous message from a friend;

"Promise me you wont tell *blah* i asked you this! Does she like anyone at the moment? Just wondering, dont read into it..."

I was not amused. It was a silly message on a million levels. Firstly, this guy is almost twenty-one. He is too old to play these silly year-three games. He sounds like a girl. Which is not a good thing. Especially considering that i, at nearly eighteen, would think veeeeery hard about sending a message like that to anyone - AND I AM A GIRL! Plus, saying 'dont read into it' is insane - what does he THINK that i will think when i get a message like that?!? Obviously i'll assume he likes her. Then i'm forced to reply non-committally, assuming that he likes her and wondering if i'm not destined to play the go-between; a role i reprise occassionally and, on this particualr occassion, am not keen to have.

After that pissed me off, i got a few messages from a variety of sources that cheered me up again. That, combined with the fact that the most evil homework a law student can face (tort law) was almost complete enough to hit the hay for the evening, was a mood refresher. But then the message offender was back.

I got a reminder not to say anything to her that might cause her to 'read into it' and was again told that 'he didn't like her'. Geez. Really. I, in this case, don't really care. Usually, i'm happy to meddle. But i know these two people. It's going to be a long and annoying process.

He'll mope and dance around the topic and flirt and give ridiculous compliments for months. She'll flirt and flirt and flirt and flirt but freak out at anything actually resembling a relationship. He'll be always hounding me to know what she thinks of him. She'll never ask me what he thinks of her but will always want me to tell her anyway and would get stroppy if i didn't. If they ever get together, her head will get so big that we'll have to expand doorways. He will get clingy as hell.

As it is, everyone loves her. She doesn't need more people doing that. Especially seeing as this guy has always liked me. I'm not liking the fact that he doesn't anymore. Not that i liked him, but it was always nice to have him and his compliments around in the face of a compliment-dry-zone from the rest of the place!

Yes, i'm pathetic. Yes, i'm petty. Yes, it's quite possible that i'm a horrible person. But i'm also a female. So people who think this is unusual and strange behaviour? Well, you obviously just don't know enough of us!

Grinning-a-now-slightly-dimmed-grin,

Annie