Small world and intertwinning

Sometimes I forget how small the world is and how interconnected people are. Then I get a reminder.

When I made my post about having a chew toy, a friend posted moments afterwards about not liking the term “chew toy”. My assumption was that he has had it crop up in his world a number of times, had thought about it before, disliked it and when he saw my post, he had something to say about it right away. I found out in a round about way, that others saw his post following mine and assumed that he was the chew toy.

I get a kick out of people making mistaken assumptions. For example, I always end up with a giggle when someone mistakes me for a guy because they weren’t paying attention. But I do have a need to clear up wrong ideas. It is part of my info-Goddess tendency.

I am not sure how long I laughed about the chew toy connection but it was at least a few minutes. History adds a particular seasoning to this mistaken assumption.

To clear things up: my chew toy is not on LJ. As far as I can tell, he is not connected to anyone on LJ. I haven’t been able to find a connection to him through anyone I know. And I am sorry if my use of Chew Toy offends some. I use that term for very specific reasons. F**k buddy and friends with benefits just doesn’t fit.

I have been leary of posting anything about this stuff. It comes close to TMI for me. I am more than happy to fill in interested parties but the public posting thing is a little more exposed than I am comfortable with all the time.

4 thoughts on “Small world and intertwinning

    1. Re: Hm…

      usually it is people like cashiers that are helping many customers. They glimpse me and say may I help you sir before they really see me. It helps screw them up when I am dressed for riding the motorcycle and holding my helmet.

      Also I have been mistaken from the back for a man. My poor friend Keith keeps getting mistaken for a woman. It doesn’t help that he is almost my height and has always been a little under my weight.

      When I am not dressed up girly, I can appear somewhat manly. I have gotten some pings in the past as mostly likely to be a dike. I don’t know of a time when someone takes a good look at me and still thinks of me as a man.

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