I think I may have a form of Tourette Syndrome but instead of blurting out things, I sometimes can't stop sneaking a peak at someone.
It's usually in a public place. I love just watching people anyway so I'll take glances around. Sometimes though, if someone looks at me while I'm looking at them I'll have to look back in a bit to see if they're looking. And if they are, then I really can't stop because it then tortures me that they might be looking so I look again.
But it's not when you're looking at some chick at a bar and you're trying to pick her up. It's just this feeling that you have to look.
One time it happened in 10th grade and this Junior that was huge and was on the football team yelled across the cafe - "What the hell? You got a problem?"*
I just said, "No".
I think it just might be labeled as obsessive compulsive. Who knows?
Does anyone else do this? Am I crazy? If so, please tell me as delicately as you can so I don't get all emotional.
*Pretend that the cafeteria workers in the picture saw the incident and were just discussing it. "Did I see that dude yell at that other dude? Oh hell yeah, I saw the whole damn thing goin' down."
And come to think of it, the other person's crazy for looking at ME that many times.
ReplyDeleteRight?
Right?
Oh yeah, I get caught up in that crap all the time. I even have fantasies about returning the fourth or fifth pointless glance with a prolonged goofy stare - like, I picture hiding my neck as much as possible, tilting my head back, raising my upper lip in a retarded sneer, and giving the dude the Steve Buscemi eyes, and just holding that position until he turns away....bacause it's always some dude in his fifties in a Cosi or Starbucks and NOT some hot woman.
ReplyDeleteThank god I'm not alone. Hey - you're not that dude, are you?
OMG! I do this ALL the time and when you have boobs it makes it A MILLIOB times worse, because then Men and some women, think you are interested and then they follow you around all night in the bar, and then your spouse isn't so happy.
ReplyDeleteWestChesterDead - it's wasn't me.
ReplyDeleteFormer Fat Chick - it was me.
oh-oh, you know my hubs is likt a Latin Chuck Norris, right? haaa
ReplyDeleteYou're doing it right now, aren't you?
ReplyDeleteMost people like to look at other people, no matter what they look like. I'm a sneak peaker too. But I usually don't get caught. Maybe you should wear sunglasses inside.
ReplyDeleteNo one does this but you...
ReplyDeleteI think you're just neurotic.
ReplyDeleteI like to sit with my back to the corner of the room so I know if anyone is looking at me
The answer to your question is yes, you are crazy. Feel better now?
ReplyDeleteI do it all the time also! I love tinted windows so I can check out other people driving along also.
ReplyDeleteValerie, I always have to sit facing people so I can look at them.
ReplyDeleteI like to stare then chuckle for a bit.
ReplyDeleteI like looking at people who are looking at me. If I notice them at it, that is. Usually I'm busy checking myself out in their sunglasses.
ReplyDeletei stare at people but usually in defense because they are all staring at me.
ReplyDeleteand talking about me behind my back.
all the time. seriously, especially on the bus. i'm a starer. and i know they know i'm staring so i look away but then before i know it, i'm staring again.
ReplyDelete*looks at you*
ReplyDeleteYeah, sometimes I do that too. It's weird because once you make eye contact with the person you can't stop yourself from looking again. And again.
ReplyDeleteObsessive compulsive, ya think?
I do it when I feel someone staring at me. Freaks 'em out when I catch them at it. I may not be able to walk, but I'm not BLIND!
ReplyDeleteI don't know. Everytime I look at someone they say "Here!! Just take the wallet, bjust take the wallet!!!! WTF
ReplyDeleteSon of A - you're an a-hole.
ReplyDeleteDo you know why?
Because your comments are so good you should be posting more.
And when can I get my hot dog/cheessteak redemption?
I fucking love to people watch <3
ReplyDeleteI seem to do it to other people more than they do it to me. Sometimes that bothers me.
ReplyDeleteOnly in the men's room.
ReplyDeleteWait.
What?
Stop staring at me
ReplyDeleteTourette comes in many forms and if you are crazy, well, so am I and all bloggers who read your post ...but then again...I'd rather be crazy than boring ...
ReplyDelete..
for the record :
you are NOT boring !!
(and I like a bit of swearing too - fiercely !)
Invest in some badass, super dark shades, then nobody knows you're an O.C. gawker! Oh, and take photos from your phone, while pretending to be texting...
ReplyDeleteI do that, too.
ReplyDeleteI think we're both nuts.
However, if it's some creepy guy, I give him a dirty look and then have to check back to make sure he understood the dirty look. If he's looking after that, I have to go, as in leave. Shit creeps me out.
You give the creepy guys a dirty look? I'd like to see that look.
ReplyDelete...you know, being not creepy and all I would have no idea what that look is.
ReplyDeleteI do like to glance at people too but when they look at me I do the glazed look in my eyes like I was just staring into space thinking.
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