Big Kid is active on some video game-related wiki. I still don't know what it actually is, but I checked it out once and it seemed innocent enough. His people are there, so whatever.
"The other day I asked on the wiki if people considered me a friend," he told me.
Since I know that people on the internet are complete and total assholes (except for you guys), particularly in the forum-type format, I was a little nervous as to what was coming next.
"Yeah. How did that go?"
"It went really well," he then went on to tell me about all of the people and what they said. It seemed positive. (I hear A LOT about this wiki, and I tune a lot of it out for my own mental well-being.)
"Huh. Well, that's good. You know, sometimes we just assume people don't like us and then, ironically, we close ourselves off and become harder to like. I think it's best to just operate on the assumption that people like you because why wouldn't they? You're awesome."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I was just wondering if they think of me as an actual friend, or more like that guy that sits by your wife in yoga class."
"The guy that sits by your wife in yoga class?" I asked with a laugh.
"Yeah, you know, the guy that everyone thinks is weird but you kind of have to put up with because he's not technically doing anything wrong? No one wants to be that guy."
"Well, congrats on not being that guy." (I have no idea where he gets this stuff. I swear no one in this family complains about guys sitting next to me in yoga.)
"I'll be honest, it feels pretty good."
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BK is wise beyond his years. It kind of makes me sad that it took me into my 30's to think like he already does.
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