Chill. Out.

You know what really grabs my goat? When someone gets all hurt if you forget to wave back at them, or don't immediately acknowledge their presence. It just really, really annoys the hell out of me. I don't understand why it's so important that I wave back or say hello. I mean, of course I'll acknowledge someone if I see them waving, or saying hi or whatever. But if I barely catch the end of their hello, or see a wave out of the corner of my eye, I'm not going trip over myself to reply. I'm saying all of this because this one dude really made me angry the other day.

I didn't like this guy too much from the moment I met him. He's older(much older, like has kids and stuff), and lives in the same hall. But anyway, he stopped by my room one time and introduced himself and all that to my roommate and I, etc. So during all this, out of nowhere he starts talking about how "[he] fucked a girl on [my] desk", and that the guy who lived here before was a porn friend who didn't clean up after himself much. Maybe I'm just a prude, but a.) why did he feel the need to inform me of those things, and b.) is that how he introduces himself to everyone? So yeah, I was freaked out, and just wanted him to leave, but he sort of lingered around repeating that he was lonely and wished the guy who lived here before us hadn't moved away, blah blah. Somehow the topic of exercising came up and I stupidly said that I wanted to start going to the gym. I said something along the lines of "Oh, you go to the gym? Maybe you could show me how to use the machines or something." Why did I say that? I didn't want to actually go with him anywhere, nor did I want to do anything that would lead to hanging out with him later on. But I said it, maybe I thought saying that would be polite, one of those things you tell people you don't really mean, like "let's have lunch", or "we should get together sometime!" 

OKAY, to make this already long story short, he kept asking when were going to go to the gym, and I just made up excuses. Some were lies, some were true, but still, I guess I was being an asshole by ditching him repeatedly. After a while he stopped asking, and I didn't see him around as much. But the last time I saw him, I had been speaking to some friends (we were kind of grouped together), and I guess he had passed by and said hello. I kind of heard him, but by the time I looked up he was already walking away, slightly shaking his head. Not wanting to give him the satisfaction of thinking I ignored him, I called after him. I apologized about missing his hello, and made up another excuse. Whatever, yeah, I'm sure everyone has done this at one time in their life.

That slightly disappointed head shake enraged me. It's like, get over yourself, I didn't see you. Sheesh.