Your New Best Friend - The Complete Stranger

OK, Ayjia, you know how your parents used to say, "don't talk to strangers" when you were a kid. Errr....wait. We never said that and you're still a kid. OK, well it doesn't matter. If we would have said it you would not have understood what we were saying. And, if you did understand, I'm sure you would not have been paying attention. And, if for some reason you did understand and you were paying attention, you certainly would not have obeyed.

But we digress. Lately, you have taken to talking to completely strangers. Now, that in itself is kind of cool. It shows that you're branching out, coming out of your cocoon, and becoming a beautiful social butterfly so to speak. What is worth noting in this blog is HOW you talk to these strangers.

Let us take last night for instance. Mom was off at school and your dad was responsible for cooking dinner...which meant that it was off to McDonalds. So, there you were at McDonalds with Dad and you notice someone sitting behind you. So, you turn around to say, "Hi!" Ahhhhhh...how sweet, right? Wrong!

You see, when you say "Hi!" to strangers now, you make two social faux paus. One , you say "Hi" about as loudly as the strangers shriek in terror when you startle them. Secondly, you keep saying, "Hi!" (or...HIIIII!!!!!) over and over and OVER AND OVER again. Granted, you do wait about 30 seconds in between each "Hi!" but as your parents we're here to tell you....you only need to say hi once to people you know and really, you don't have to say "Hi" to strangers at all..

This is terribly humiliating for us as you proceed to do this with EVERYONE within site. So, after the friendly stranger behind you at McDonalds started ignoring you (he actually responded and thought you were cute.....the first 12 times), you started saying "Hi!" to people as they walked in the door. And, when they didn't respond, you somehow turned the volume up to 11 and said, "Hi!" louder and louder as each person continued to ignore you and walk away.

Now, this may be humiliating, but, none of that mattered now. How dare they not say Hi! to you. Don't worry, girl. We'll set a good example and kick their ass for you.