Invisible

So you are at a party which is unusual for an introverted socially awkward person like you. It’s not that you don’t like people, it’s just a night-in cuddled up in front of your laptop watching Pretty Little Liars sounds appealing too!

 So even though you are no longer that socially awkward little kid who would hide behind a thick 400-page novel in order to avoid sounding like an idiot because even saying “hi” made you wish you had a paper bag over your head.

The paper bag would be a better option in order to be invisible, but the book is good enough. Even though now you hide behind your Blackberry.

So you are standing next to your gorgeous friend, who is not as socially awkward as you are. In fact she is the complete opposite! As they say, opposites do attract.

She’s beautiful.

Out-going...

Smart.

You are all of those things, except the whole world knows who she is.

And funny: a stark contrast to you.

It is not that you are ugly. But if you were to compare you and her, she would be your brand new Blackberry phone

And you would be, well, the spare brick phone that you use when the other one is broken. It is good enough when the other one is broken.

Back to the party: a group of friends walk past, while you’re stuffing your face with potato chips. They approach you and your friend, and you smile in your attempt to being friendly.

“ Hey there!” they say, and come near to you and greet your friend and you stand there looking awkward. And they ignore.

Its like : hello??? You were clearly standing there trying to look approachable. Did they not see you there? You were standing right there!

 Or maybe you are wearing a sign that says: Don’t talk to me. So you return to stuffing your face with the potato chips.

Maybe after putting on a few kilograms, then they will notice you and you will be hard to miss.