Sunday, March 1

Char—Atom Twin

The most obvious anagram one could make out of the word "March" is charm. But my charm, or lack thereof, pushes my kvetching to another topic, which is marginally related to why you shouldn't say you know me, or anyone, for that matter.

Like what the title suggests, whoever's typing this is only an Atom Twin of myself. We all pull that off subconsciously. An Atom Twin is a front everybody puts up because it's physically impossible to get along with everyone we meet and therefore we bend and compromise by conjuring up Atom Twins, people who are like us, but not us.

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Here's a brief scenario:

Person A has an immensely high self-esteem.

Person B hates Person A for having an immensely high self-esteem.

Person C is the middle person, a friend to both Persons A and B, who isn't even fully aware of self-esteem but was caught in the middle of the clandestine war of Persons A and B and has to conjure up an Atom Twin to keep close to both sides.

To Person A, Person C's Atom Twin discusses the behavior of all these losers, and ridicules them all in the process.

To Person B, however, Person C's Atom Twin points out how repelling cockiness actually is, and calls said cockiness rude.

To herself, Person C admits to not have a fixed opinion on either concept (losers or cockiness), but puts up an Atom Twin around Persons A and B for the sake of normal conversation.

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So, in other words, Atom Twins are the people-pleasing sides of us, modified to partially suit our personalities but only enough to convince ourselves that a nonbelligerent relationship can be formed between individuals who have at least a few things in common.

I'm most likely an Atom Twin to you, whoever you are. And who knows, maybe you are to me too. But that's not a bad thing. At least we're (I'm referring to the world) making great efforts to get along.

[The title anagrams to I WANT TO MARCH because in my partially inept life, that is what I can wish for without feeling psychosocially handicapped.]

:)