- Or are they?
Do you think this list of weird social things will be shocking to you? Do you say goodbye more than once or pretend you heard what someone said?
- Wave at someone who wasn’t waving at you.
- Immediately pretend the wave was actually a hair adjustment.
- Say “you too” when someone says “happy birthday.”
- Say “you too” when a waiter says “enjoy your meal.”
- Apologize when someone else bumps into you. Is this one of your weird social things?
- Say sorry when someone walks into your path.
- Thank someone who lets you go first when they were already going first.
- Hold a door open for someone who is still 30 feet away.
- Start speed-walking because now you feel obligated to get there quickly.
- Let go of the door too early and feel guilty.
- Hold the door for someone who clearly wanted to open it themselves.
- Say “after you” and then immediately regret creating a social situation.
- Say goodbye and then keep talking.
- Say goodbye again.
- Say “okay, bye” three more times.
- Wave through a window after already saying goodbye.
- Walk away from a conversation and wonder whether you said something weird.
- Replay the conversation in your head.
- Analyze someone’s tone.
- Analyze whether their “haha” was sincere.
- Analyze whether their period at the end of a text means they’re mad.
- Add “lol” to a text because the sentence looks too serious.
- Add an emoji because the message feels aggressive.
- Delete the emoji because now it feels too enthusiastic.
- Type a response immediately but wait 20 minutes to send it.
- See someone typing and become nervous. Is this one of your weird social things?
- See “seen” and immediately wonder why they aren’t responding.
- Read a text and mentally respond without actually responding.
- Forget you never replied.
- Avoid someone because you don’t have the energy for a conversation.
- See someone you know in a grocery store and suddenly become fascinated by the pasta aisle.
- Pretend to look at your phone while passing someone.
- Look away after accidentally making eye contact.
- Make eye contact twice and now feel like you’ve established a relationship.
- Smile at a stranger because they smiled at you.
- Smile at someone who wasn’t smiling at you.
- Laugh because everyone else is laughing even though you didn’t hear the joke.
- Pretend you heard what someone said.
- Nod enthusiastically while having absolutely no idea what’s happening.
- Say “mhm” while thinking about something completely unrelated.
- Forget someone’s name immediately after they tell you.
- Avoid using their name for the next 20 minutes.
- Call them “buddy.”
- Introduce someone you’ve known forever and suddenly forget their name.
- Say “nice to meet you” to someone you’ve already met.
- Forget whether you’ve already met someone. Is this one of your weird social things?
- Ask someone how they’ve been and realize you don’t actually have time for the answer.
- Ask “how are you?” as a greeting rather than a question.
- Say “I’m good, you?” automatically.
- Say “I’m fine” when you’re absolutely not fine.
- Say “no worries” while worrying.
- Say “whatever works” when you absolutely have a preference.
- Say “I don’t care” while caring enormously.
- Say “I’ll be there in five” while still sitting on the couch.
- Say “I’m almost there” while looking for your shoes.
- Tell someone you’ll call them and then spend three days avoiding the phone.
- See someone you haven’t seen in years and suddenly forget everything about your relationship.
- Hug someone and accidentally pat them awkwardly.
- Go in for a handshake when they go for a hug.
- Go in for a hug when they go for a handshake.
- Do the weird half-hug.
- Wave awkwardly while already standing next to someone.
- Say someone’s name incorrectly and realize immediately.
- Correct yourself too many times. Is this one of your weird social things?
- Over-explain a joke because you’re worried they didn’t get it.
- Laugh at your own joke before finishing it.
- Tell a story and forget the point halfway through.
- Say “anyway” when you have no idea where the story is going.
- Interrupt yourself to explain something completely irrelevant.
- Start saying something and forget the word.
- Substitute the word with “thingy.”
- Pretend you remember someone’s story when you absolutely don’t.
- Ask them to repeat it and hope they don’t ask what part you forgot.
- Have a conversation in your head before having it in real life.
- Rehearse asking for a favor. Is this one of your weird social things?
- Rehearse complaining.
- Rehearse saying no.
- Rehearse how to leave a party.
- Mentally calculate the exact appropriate amount of eye contact.
- Wonder whether you’re standing weird.
- Suddenly become aware of your hands.
- Suddenly become aware of how you’re walking.
- Forget how to naturally hold your arms.
- Wonder what your face is doing while someone is talking.
- Smile because you don’t know what else your face should do.
- Nod too much.
- Nod too little.
- Laugh at the wrong moment.
- Think about it for the next six hours.
What do you think of these as weird social things? Tell us in the comments!