#the ever-famous 'how old are you' which always evokes a surprised reaction when i answer that i am beyond my teenage years | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

britneyshakespeare · 3 years ago

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i enjoy that one side of my personality is that i work w children and am very gentle and calm w them and then that another side of my personality is an eccentric weirdo and that if you only know the former about me you would have no idea about the latter

#it's not out of character for me that i am good w kids. or at least i don't see it in any way as ironic or unpredictable.#(i mean why would it be? all types of ppl can be good caretakers of children and im certainly not dangerous-seeming)#(or negligent etc)#it's just that when i'm at my job the kids just have. no idea about my outside life. and i kind of enjoy that.#bc in the responsibility i have of protecting them. it has nothing to do w myself or my personality whatsoever #tales from diana #i probably seem less witty to them bc my filter is always on and when i think of something funny to say i deliver it (if at all) very slowly #even if it's completely appropriate. which most of the time it is i mean. it's not my instinct to talk to them like they're older #but there's a kind of reaction time that gets chilled when you're used to conversing w young ppl. it's not like becoming 'fake' it's more #like being yourself on 0.5 speed and having to budget your vocabulary and references you can make.#there's a lot that lingers in your brain that just is of no use to them bc they don't live in your world.#but also sometimes they do express curiosity into who *i* am as a person. like. outside of watching them.#and it's very flattering i do appreciate it. but i also don't have time to answer stuff very meaningfully since i am at work. but that's #also ok bc they never ask very open-ended questions lol. it's usually like 'where do you live' 'where do u go to school'#the ever-famous 'how old are you' which always evokes a surprised reaction when i answer that i am beyond my teenage years #one of the fifth graders is very interested in getting to know me as a person. i only see her one day a week but she always comes in and #immediately starts talking to me about what she's been up to for the last week. i enjoy it. she's a very smart sweet and talented girl.#she asks me questions about like. what i do other than that job. things i like. she's even asked me about how i review poetry.#and i just give her. THE most boring straightforward answers most of the time. and she finds me fascinating nonetheless god bless her.#today she asked me if i had a boyfriend and i said no and then she asked me if i had a husband and i accidentally laughed HARD #she found that funny though and then started asking me sarcastic questions like if i have grandchildren. the answer is yes i have 21.#she will remember as she grows up that she really liked miss diana when she was in fifth grade but i almost feel bad at what a watered down #version of miss diana she will only know. Ah Well It Is What It Is.#i would be so much cooler if i were at my full powers though that's all i'm sayin

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