Who do you pretend to be?

[Svenskaflicka]

so, i just put this in perspective. i have to think that anyone who walks through the door could be or has been an offender. i have no right to think poorly of these people and until that moment, i hadn't.

It could very well be that his crime consisted of exposing his dick to little girls as he was taking a leak while drunk, whereas ALL the people who walk in there have done something violent and abusive, but he's the only one who's been caught...

But I think he had to show you that card since he was in a shop relating to sex. I doubt he has to show that card if he buys a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

 

[only_more_so]

I've thought about this alot in my time. I don't think I pretend to be anything. That doesn't mean I'm an open book, because more people don't bother to turn the pages. They will see what they expect to see and leave it at that. Needless to say this means most people are frequently surprised by things I know or did.

For instance, most people are truly shocked they find out I had an earring for a few years in college. At the time it was really me, now it's not me, although sometimes I think it might just be a much smaller part of me.

The things I do hide, are things that I am not proud that I did, things that I have disowned from who I am now. I am not longer the person who makes those kinds of mistakes, because I learned from them and have moved on. And they are hidden and not lied about. It might not seem like much of a difference, but to me it is very important.

 

[CharleyH]

So, I landed a second job. I wasn't terribly happy about it because of the extremely low pay and the hours suck my soul, however, im throughly entertained by the plethora of people I have encountered. From the stereotypical to the rich, Mr. "I can't be bothered to shower" to Missy "I've just bathed in Jene Nate"

See, I'm working in a porn shop. Don't say that out loud here in Texas. You must say Mature Video. Oh, and by the way, that's a massager not a vibrator. Never utter the word dildo...that, my friend, is a novelty.

My first day. I pretended that I was shocked by everything. "What the hell is that?!" was the look I used to make the other employees think I knew nothing of porn. I even mastered, in my short time there, to conjure up a blush. But little do they know the wife and I have a trunk load of these things at home. Enough, dare I say to get us both arrested according to the "6 is enough" law here. Playing the wide-eyed innocent might just be what keeps me at this job for any time period. Here in lies my point.

Do you pretend to be who you want people to think you are? How far would you go to keep up a pretense? When would you call it quits...when is enough, enough?

I am thinking most people read the thread title and not your post. ROFLOL. How hilarious! You make me laugh girl - ALWAYS!

 

[TxRad]

I think that law refers to firearms -- You may have noticed that most gunracks hold a maximum of six guns, or five guns and a white cane.

After a few weeks of Wide-Eyed Innocence you can gradually progress to Narrow-Eyed Innocent, and hopefully after a few months reveal your true character, Pure Debauched.

Nope, in good old Texas, you can own as many guns as ya can afford or afford to store.... But ya can only have six plastic/rubber dicks per household.... no matter the number of legal dickies or dickers that reside there....

Oh yeah, one other thing... it's totally legal to stick either of those objects up your ass..... pulling the trigger is optional...... although you could be charged with sewer side......

Live dicks are illegal in any and all asses.....


I hope this clears it all up for ya.... It's silly as hell but we have to live with our jackass lawmakers.....

 

[lucky-E-leven]

I don't really pretend to be anyone I'm not. I do, however, keep certain things about me hidden. It feels slimy, and I hate it. I'm not real sure how to change it, though. I guess I'm doing it in small increments. I don't feel completely comfortable being 'out' at a private southern baptist college. I don't think my being out right now would have a real positive outcome on my education and career. I'm not in a position right now to do much about that, but I do think that as time passes I will be less and less comfortable with keeping such a significant part of my life hidden. I have confidence that I'll one day be in the position to live openly as a gay woman that refuses to be put down or discriminated against in any setting by any person. Until then, however, I will continue to bite my tongue around certain people and try not to put myself in the vulnerable position of telling lies or creative truths.