You don't know me.....

Since college I've realized one of my biggest pet peeves. That is that I hate when someone thinks they have me all figured out. Now don't get me wrong, I love when people know me. I love that one of my friends spent enough time with me this summer that they know that the tone and pitch of my voice changes when I ask someone for help in a store. This person knows me and knows that I always lead with "hey I have a question" when I need something. And that's not the only things they know about me, but that's just an example. And I love that we've spent enough time together and are close enough to really know things about me,

What is my pet peeve is when people assume they know things. In college I had a friend who assumed that I hated to play cards because I usually didn't play when someone asked me. Eventually it got to where when someone would ask me to play cards, my friend would respond "no, she doesn't play cards." This would aggravate me to the point of I started playing cards whenever she was around just to prove her wrong. It's not that I don't play or don't like cards, it's that I really value conversation and people and would rather be free to move about the Chi Alpha house and talk to people rather than be stuck in a card game for hours.

Lately there is this one person who assumes they know everything about me and honestly it is grating on my last nerve. I've heard this person tell others before that I hate kids. This is horribly untrue. Confession here: I'm not a huge kid person. I don't really babysit and I don't think I ever want to have children of my own. This however does not translate in to I hate kids. The truth is that I love my friends kids. (remember the I want a hug story that melted my heart) I can't wait for my brothers to have kids. I just don't particularly want kids. So it drives me insane when people take a statement by me or an observation of me and then attribute that to me as a character trait that is not there.

And this isn't the only thing that this person has done this with lately. Tonight for instance this person needed help with something that only I or a few others around could help with. Instead of asking me for the small favor, they told someone else that I wouldn't want to help and then waited around and sulked until someone else came who could help. If they had of asked, I had no problem at all helping. But since there is this assumption and passive aggressive not asking me, I ignored the whole situation and then refused to even act like I heard. I know I'm most likely wrong in my response in these ways, but it just drives me insane. It really does. I guess pet peeves are those things that just set you off without any real rhyme or reason. This sets me off without rhyme or reason. I just want to bust out in the middle of the conversation and start yelling about how this person doesn't know me!! Oh pet peeves!

Until then......