Today I was texting my good friend Caitlin Marshall about my awkward love life, and she was texting me about her awkward work life. We went back and forth, confessing and laughing at our own weird moments. I said we should write a book called "awkward people of America," she said, "let's make it a thing on our blogs, we could call it Awkward Wednesdays." Do you ever have awkward moments? Times when you do things that are socially unacceptable, when you ask yourself, "why do I make my life so embarrassing?" The moments I find myself saying, "Lily, get it together." Just this morning I was telling dear Caitlin about my most awkward habit. When any cute boy looks at me, or even worse, tries to speak to me, I die inside, and then do the awkwardest thing possible. This does include physically running away from the person. But does not exclude ignoring them altogether. I'm like a mean, angry nerd girl to 90% of the male population. It's terrible. And hilarious. And does not bode-well for my relationship status. [so if you like me... don't talk to me] My biggest issue is that I have learned to adapt to society enough to appear normal. I dress like a socially-acceptable person, wear makeup, straighten my hair, sometimes I can even get-out a few smooth one-liners. But it's all a lie. I'm so weird, I'm like on an expert level. I sing songs to myself all the time. They aren't even real songs, I just make them up. People catch me picking my nose and I pretend I'm not. I accidentally tag myself in Facebook photos of people I'm stalking. I stare at people. I make jokes that aren't funny. I have a really long, boring story for everything. I can't hit any category of sports ball with my hand, or foot, or face, ever. I never know when it's appropriate to talk about bowel movements. I spill stuff a lot. I always have food on my clothes, like a big hairy baby. I think I know how to dance, but I don't. I don't know how to talk to boys, and when I do, usually I'm mean to them. It feels so good to just come clean and be real. Those "get it together" moments happen to all of us, and I think we should share them with each other. Because weird, awkward moments make for the funniest stories. Also, it would make me feel like I'm not a freak. Do you ever feel awkward? What are your weird moments? #awkwardwednesdays You can find Caitlin's #awkwardwednesday post here: http://storybooklady.weebly.com/1/post/2014/01/awkwardwednesdays-its-a-new-thing.html
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