You've got it all wrong

You think that I love spending my time finding fault with others.

I don't want to find fault with anyone, or tell anyone off. Sometimes I just have to remind you to do something because otherwise you'll tell me later that you have forgotten. You see me and you immediately go "oops, she's gonna kill me". Do you think I don't have anything better to do than to "kill" you? Snap out of it, my top priority isn't to verify that you have done everything you should.


You think that I take your jokes seriously.

If I don't laugh when you make a joke, sometimes it's just because I don't find them that funny. But you hastily add a "just kidding" like I was gonna eat you up. Nah. Do I look so much like a tigress to you?


You think that I disapprove of everything you do.

When I have nothing to say in particular, I simply prefer listening to others. When I'm silent for a while in a group, you quip that I would never dare to join you again. Why do you read silence as displeasure or a disapproval? Can't I just be more of a listener than a speaker?


You think that I don't drink a drop of alcohol.

I'm not a fan of alcoholic drinks, mainly because I don't find them that good (in taste, I mean). I wouldn't order any alcoholic beverages since I would most probably end up not liking them. But I'm not a teetotaler...I don't mind trying some. You were practically begging me to take a sip of that Coca-Cola to which you had added some whisky. You didn't have to. If you had just offered it to me, telling me what it was, I'd have taken a sip anyway.


You think that I need to be tucked up in bed by midnight.

Sure, I prefer going to bed at around 11. Pretty good time, isn't it? I like to get enough sleep. But that doesn't mean I can't stay up for something important. Or for something less important if I don't have to wake up early the next day. You think I'm a lost cause, you don't even try asking. If you had, I might have stayed longer.


In short, you think that I am inflexible. But even though I have my preferences, I can make exceptions. You just never asked me to.

Oh, and this post isn't meant to tell you off. It's a clarification.