Weekly Wacko (36)
Hey, look at that box! It’s made out of soap … (Anyway, it’s the weekend, so that’s reason enough to be nice to everyone.)
Smile Pretty
I’ve had several female friends who have told me about things like this, but never a guy friend – so if you want to comment and write about something knock yourself out.
The various friends told me about guys they had big crushes on who were quite a bit older. These guys wouldn’t do anything to lead them on, but they were nice. This is all it takes when you have a little-kid crush (you can still have these as an adult, like the time I sat by a baseball player’s wife on an airplane). But, they remembered vividly years later going out of their way to see the guy and act spazzy and stupid around him. They were harmless-fun type situations.
My example of this came before the start of 7th grade. My family had moved from Kansas to New York. When we got there my parents took their usual action to help me make friends – they “encouraged” me to sign up for sports teams (they did this for my brother and sister as well).
There was a summer track program that was going on currently, and I could show up as I pleased. My mom was thrilled by this because it meant I could try and make some friends before school started, and so I was forced to be thrilled as well.
The first time I went out to one of the meetings (basically people just jogged around a track to prep for fall sports) a high school girl, aka an older woman (ooh la la), told me that she thought I was ‘cute.’ She said this in the same way she would’ve said it to a dog, but that didn’t matter. She told me I was cute.
Oh yes, you can bet I took that home with me. It’s amazing how clearly I remember that even to this day.
So this weekly wacko comes with a sentimental preach – smile at somebody, say something nice for no reason other than you happened to think something nice about them – you’d be surprised how you can make someone’s day without even trying.
Of course, I don’t practice what I preach, but that’s a crazy idea anyhow.
(I would be too preoccupied with making sure people don’t think my compliment is a come-on.)
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