Pet Peeve #36 – Is Something Wrong?

“No.” (Fucking YES)

                What is the point of delaying the fact that you are going to eventually admit that something is wrong and blow off all this steam? Body language tells NO lies. No matter how hard you try to lie, we can all hear the tone in what you’re saying. Soooo yes we know something is wrong, either tell us what it is and we can move forward, or you can get the fuck over it and quit with your attitude. Right? Like what is the point of this?:

                “Are you ok?”
                “Yeah, I’m fine.”
                “Okay, well I can tell you’re not. What’s wrong?”
                “Nothing.”
                “Are you sure? You don’t seem like yourself.”
                “I’M FINE! LEAVE IT ALONE!”
                “ALRIGHT! Sorry.. You hungry?”
                “...I just can’t believe that blah blah blah...”

                Why? Why waste both our time like that? Is there anything to gain? Are you building up the suspense so as to engage me more in the story? Am I going to relate more to the protagonist now when they overcome adversity? Am I going to cry real tears now when they meet their tragedy or triumph? Christ, just get it off your chest and be done with it.

                Of course, there’s always the chance that there really is nothing wrong. There’s nothing that can piss someone off quite like continually being asked what’s wrong when you’re perfectly fine. That borders on an attack on your character. Just sitting there being you and suddenly being interrogated about what your problem is... This is just who I am L