Clairvoyance Annoyance

Ever wonder how close the image people have of you in their mind and your true, actual self (as you perceive yourself) correspond? I've observed more and more that people have fixed preconceptions of your behavior - of how you should react, how you should respond, what things you will say - in any particular situation. To put it succintly, they see you as an actor with predetermined dialogue and blocking. Well, guess what? I'm sick of it. I'm sick of feeling like I'm completely unoriginal, that I've turned into one of those annoying people you duck and run from when you see them rounding the corner because you know they're gonna regale you again with some boring anecdote or something equally obnoxious. I'm not perfect. Heck, I'm so far from perfect, I'm practically a chick-lit cliche, but for God's sake, I'm a human being, not an archetype. Stop treating me like you know everything about me, I wanna yell; stop treating me like you already have all my moves figured out. It's not clever. It's not nice. It's presumptive. Not to mention, highly insulting. You don't know everything there is to know about me - even in the closest of relationships, there's that secret 10% you gotta keep to yourself to hold onto your sanity. Just because you assume something, that does not make it true. Just because you think you've got my endgame mapped out, does not mean I will ever invoke that endgame, or any game for that matter. I have the right not to be treated like a cardboard cut-out of myself. I'd afford anyone the same respect.

Final thought: I just might surprise you.