People Are Social Animals.

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People are wild, right? We’re social creatures, we love to be around each other. We go to work, we talk, we laugh, we pretend we like Karen from accounting even though she smells like printer ink and judgment. We go to lunch, we eat salads we don’t want, we nod like, “Mmm, kale,” knowing damn well we want a cheeseburger with extra fries.

But then you get home. You walk through that door like a gladiator returning from battle. You kick off your shoes, one lands on the dog, the other hits the wall and you don’t care. You just want silence. Sweet, delicious silence. You want peace. You want to sit down, pants off, remote in hand, and just chill!

But noooo! You have kids. And kids don’t care about your chill time. Kids are like tiny drunk people with no boundaries. You put them to bed once no! Twice—nah! Third time? They pop up like horror movie villains. “Daddy, I need water.” “Daddy, I heard a noise.” “Daddy, I just remembered I hate sleep.”

And you’re standing there in your boxers, hair lookin’ like you lost a fight with a leaf blower, whisper yelling like, “Go. To. Bed.” But they don’t go. They negotiate. They bargain. They unionise. You’re outnumbered. You’re outsmarted. You’re out of snacks.

So finally, FINALLY, they sleep. And you sit down, look around, and it’s quiet. Too quiet. You start missing the chaos. You miss the noise. You miss Karen from accounting. No, I’m playing with you, nobody misses Karen!

But that’s life. We love people. We need people. But sometimes? Sometimes we just need to sit in the dark, eat a Jaffa cake, and pretend we’re the only person on Earth. And that’s okay. Just don’t let the kids find you. They’ll want a bite of that Jaffa cake.



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