I went with my friend (now referred to as "S") to visit another friend (now referred to as "C") yesterday. C claimed that he was high, but I thought, "Hey, he might still be good company even when high -- after all, he was the most clever guy I knew." Turns out, being high is a conversational killer. Instead of a clever 3-way repartee, I got frozen out while S and C caught up with each other talking about mofos I never knew. I could try to jump into the conversation but what the hell would I say?
"Oh, that guy sounds cool. Oh, that guy sounds like a dick. Oh, I don't know that guy at all!"
I got the freeze. Funny thing is that it was my idea to visit C in the first place. S and C are in a full blown conversation and I'm just sitting aside like slab meat doing nothing but languishing. I guess the only solution to the freezeout is to get the hell out of there and don't look back.
I remember taking a test that figured out what each of our individual strengths are. One of the qualities that one could specialize in is called "includers." Includers are the kinds of people who feel like they need to include everybody in on the fun.
S and C are obviously not of this class.
I need to find some includer friends.
