Yeah no kidding. But I didn’t realize how true that was until tonight. I was at blockbuster and these three girls were talking. It was clear that one girl was the odd one out. I knew it right away. She would say things that seemed to fit in the conversation fine. “I like ice age” or “Oh my god Jake Gyllenhaal is SOOOOO hot.” You know, the normal stuff. Yet her friends seemed to completely ignore her. There was a nice example when one of the two said something to the other one and the odd one out said “I JUST said that like 5 minutes ago.” They ignored her.
Why is that? I suppose that at least one pair among the threesome must be closer. Still it seems odd to the point of intellectually interesting to me. As I tried to think of examples it became clear how often this third-person-out thing happens. I certainly do it and have had it done to me. Never intentionally I don’t think but frequently enoug that worries me. Hmm.
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