What is the biggest lie society has taught me to believe?
That talking to strangers is weird
- My parents met on a tour bus in London
- Most the girls I have dated I met on subways, buses, and grocery stores
- Most of my best friends I met at coffee shops and the gym
Society has taught people that these relationships shouldn’t exists. You should sit in silence on the train rather than ask the person about their book or compliment their scarf.
Sure there’s not reading social cues and being a bother, but not talking to anyone because you’re afraid of bothering them, is like being a doctor who’s afraid of treating patients because you might misdiagnose every once in a while.
My life exists because my parents had the courage to talk to a stranger
If they listened to the social narrative of not talking to people they don’t know
I wouldn’t exist.
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