Hm, relationship as theatrical performance huh! That's an interesting thought that I am pondering. It explains some things that puzzled me about how other people put themselves across in the past, especially in workplaces.

Sometimes performances resonate and sometimes they don't, even if we appreciate the effort involved. Most people seem to think that we are obliged to applaud, but we can exercise discretion about merely flapping/clapping or standing ovations?

It's not how I am used to thinking about casual relationships, but I can shift my headspace enough to weigh it up as a possible deal. I think we all have our preferred modes of interaction. As a creative I like to meet peeps half-way, but humm there has to be some sort of real connection or after a short while I drift back to my burrow.

Do you think that others should be obliged to applaud and participate, or what ? Would being obliged to play along make everything more fun ?

A cold grey dawn and interpersonal apathies of X-Mass season slobs laziness across my horizons this morning. I'm in transition mode between knowing that I'm not the only one to be bored with commercial Xmases - and not yet being able to rouse the collective apathy sufficiently to create alternative celebrations! Yes, good people don't want Christmas turkey, but we seems unsure about whether nut roast is a sufficiently exciting alternative.

Just plodding along minding my business today - opening invoices, making porridge, tidying. It's greeeeeeeeey, and for once I can't put a positive swing on that. Saidso.