One of THOSE days

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(10-25-2013, 09:40 AM)tweeter Wrote: If there's something about a person that is unusual, or just different, from the people being interacted with, they might be confused and make up a mythology of assumptions based on their own history and associations (complete with costumes (joke)) to explain the nature of the new arrival on the scene. Better to avoid that mess, and SIMPLIFY. It's not a lie. Just less deep...

think so too. it often happens naturally - e.g. when stating your professional identity ("I'm a dentist... housewife... teacher.., etc") but can as easily happen in other aspects of life. perhaps as much as simplifying it's about focusing on our essential commonalities with those with whom we're interacting and ignoring the bigger, messier ways in which we may be quite different.