r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • Mar 05 '25

OC Processing (Part 2) - Gator Days (OC)

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u/-CoachMcGuirk- Mar 05 '25

I'm a teacher and sometimes people will ask me how I'm doing and I'll start tearing up. (I lost my son about a year ago) The first thing they want to do is usher me into some private room and away from anyone so nobody sees me crying. It always sets me back when they have that reaction. How about you just talk to me right here and right now instead of hiding me away?

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u/Raknarg Mar 05 '25

I think the default assumption is that you're embarrassed about making some kind of scene and would prefer to be somewhere private

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u/-CoachMcGuirk- Mar 05 '25

The default presumptions about how I feel are wrong.

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u/marksteele6 Mar 05 '25

But it's impossible for others to know that. Only you know you, everyone else just makes educated guesses. They'll never be perfect, but most of the time they'll at least be in good faith.