Just a Simple Question

How do you say something to someone that you really don’t want to say? Well, you do, but you don’t. What I mean is this: if there is something that you want to talk about to someone, but you don’t know how they will react to it, how do you broach the subject, especially if it isn’t a big deal if you don’t bring it up?

Sometimes I wish my mind wouldn’t work as hard as it does and there are other times when I wish it would work harder. Know what I mean? If my mind didn’t constantly keep those electrical impulses flowing between transmitters and receptors I probably wouldn’t come up with the quandaries that I do, but if those impulses would move faster and more frequently I might just come up with the answers I need without having to ask aloud those questions. Maybe I should have paid a little more attention in psychology class.

Back to the first paragraph and the subject of the moment. Let’s say that you have a friend, someone you care a lot about, that has said, or done, something that is so out of character it makes you wonder where it came from. Do you just let it pass as something that never happened and hope it doesn’t again or do you find some discreet way to question him/her about it? If you decide to question, how do you start that conversation? “Oh, and by the by, did you actually mean what you said/did the other day, or, were you just being funny?” Yeah, that should do it. They would be like, “What the eff are you talking about?”

I can see it now, plain as the nose on my face and the blue of my eyes:

Me: Hey there, friend, did you know that you said/did such and such the other day?

Friend: You crazy? I wouldn’t say/do that!

Me: I know it’s not you but you did.

Friend: I didn’t. What are trying to pull? Screw this… stay away from me.

Me: I swear to God you did. I just wanted to know if you were joking or not. Guess you weren’t.

Isn’t this how the conversation would go? I know it is. So, how do you approach it, or do you? Maybe I should just leave it alone; after all, it isn’t that important really. The Earth won’t come to an end if I don’t find out the answers that I am looking for. It all comes down to an insatiable curiosity and we all know what happened to that bloody cat. Still…

Cryptic, vague and totally insane is what I can be and I strive to not let out any information that might be too personal to anyone, other than myself (and I let too much of that out at times). Most of what I ask is, more than likely, something that someone else has gone through. I would like to tap into that experience and learn from that person. If there is anyone, anywhere, that can help it would be greatly appreciated, even if you’re from Alpha Centauri and have never been to Earth.