When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People often expect me to be something other than what I am.
I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.
A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be.
They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it.
When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.
No one tells me what they think because they're either intimidated by me, or they don't want to upset me.
People sometimes turn out to be almost the opposite of how they present. It isn't because they're trying to fool you or because they're hypocrites. It's because they badly want to be that thing, and so they'll try to be it.
Anytime we're interacting with someone, we're judging them, we're sharing expectations, we think they didn't live up to those expectations.
People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.