Was my friendliness trained into me? Sure, I feel good after being friendly to other people, but sometimes I feel really tired after a day of doing that, especially when I didn’t really want to, dammit. Not that I want to be rude, but I don’t want to make a huge effort trying to keep the mood all light and happy, either. But I think it was because I acted that way that the people around me could tolerate me. There are lots of people who become shy in front of those they’re not familiar with. I tend to set the tone in conversations with such people. But I don’t want to do that. When I come back
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