Walking the fine line between being socially awkward and being an intercultural kid.
Don't you sometimes feel like you don't belong in any category or group whatsoever?
Don't you sometimes want to stick your middle finger up to the creeping, instinctual desire to 'belong', and tell it to f*** off?
I am who I am and I wish I was more comfortable about it.
(Geez there are so many Is in that sentence. What an egomaniac! But releasing my egomania is kind of the purpose this blog, so allow me to do it here to prevent myself from doing it elsewhere.)
I live in a society where (or at least in a society that I perceive to be this way - someone please correct me if I am even just partially incorrect), it's considered DANGEROUS to think this way and to have such feelings.
Where, to admit that you feel this way is to proclaim that you are a weirdo.
Where, you are just SUPPOSED to belong, to whatever group you were born into, whether by choice or by circumstances beyond her own control.
I know I'm not the most socially adept person, but really, sometimes I wonder how much of my being asocial is a product of my free will and how much of it is a result of my preference for a more individualistic culture.
Or am I INCAPABLE of knowing how appropriately to belong to ANY group?
Was I BORN with a lower level of passion for human relationships than most people (hmm this actually seems likely. Scary thought.)?
I just wish I wasn't so edgy. I wish I didn't keep to myself wherever I go as much as I do. But I do that because it feels so awkward and so NOT ME if I try to be more social.
So what am I? Socially awkward or living in the wrong cultural zone?
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