I was thinking how sometimes one can blurt out something in mixed company that says a little more about oneself than intended. For example, at this memorial thing on Saturday: I made some idle comment to Tricia about the superstition that if you put your purse on the floor your money will all run out; and then she responded with the trivia tidbit that "they" recommend that women sterilize the bottoms of their purses every couple of weeks because of the bacteria which accumulates when purses are set down on the floor in public restrooms.
"Eeeww!" I squeal, "I would never set my purse down in the bathroom!" (and I hope you wouldn't either; it's yucky.)
Which is quite innocuous until one realizes that I was sitting in a crowd of psychologists, half of whom no doubt immediatly diagnosed me with misophobia and possibly OCD (I'd better be careful about mentioning my ritualistic hand-washing habits).
Gotta keep my guard up in this place, lest I become some sort of test subject or social experiment....
Oh, did I mention that the president of the school was sitting right behind me? I think it's cool to squeal involuntarily at memorial services.
2 comments:
Are you aware that your misophobia link goes to a Chinese language website?
I thought everyone read Chinese these days. Plus they have the best information there.
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