I over think things all the time. I will bring things up I think or notice about certain situations to my wife and she will be completely unaware of what I am going on about.
I find I care way too much what people think, or rather, decide for myself what they are thinking.
For example, I was in Michael's yesterday using a 10 dollar gift card - I am an artist and that is my favorite store. I have probably spent a couple thousand dollars there over the years. My last purchase was a very large purchase of canvases and paint. So I get to the counter and I am expecting a bill of about 12 or 13 dollars. It ends up being 10.05. I don't carry cash and so did not have a nickel. I joked with the cashier about having to charge 5 cents to my debit card and how I wish I had a nickel and that it was going to be a weird charge. She replied "Well, it's almost free".
I thought to myself, first it's not free, I had a gift card - money was spent. Second - did I come across as cheap? And as I was driving home, I was thinking to myself how she probably thought I was trying to wiggle out of the 5 cent charge when I was just joking with her. Most people don't get my humor. So just an example about thinking too much.
I guess it is apparent in the length of this reply as well...
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