Teeth grinding.

I generally don’t do what people don’t want me to do. This is why I’m usually not a jerk to people, or annoying. I’ll really only impose myself when I feel something is wrong or could be better, or I feel I have something valuable to add to the situation.

So if people don’t want me around, I won’t be around; I’m not going to waste my time and energy if I’m not valued. Most of the time, these sentiments of “you are unwanted” are not expressed directly. Rather, the once held sentiments of “you are wanted” dissipate in a significant way. I always give the benefit of the doubt when I can, because mistakes happen, but I also think I read the signs pretty well. Repetition of forgetting becomes a very good excuse, and I’ve seen it too often before to assume coincidence.

Which is why I have been eating by myself more often lately.

The tides of fortune, I suppose.