{"id":4034,"date":"2018-11-09T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2018-11-09T08:00:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T13:00:38","slug":"living-my-best-life-i-am-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4034","title":{"rendered":"Living My Best Life: I Am Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Emma Grosskopf<\/em><\/p>\n

Being confused isn\u2019t a new concept to me, okay? I took a stats class. <\/span><\/p>\n

I swear, something new confuses me every day. But there\u2019s a new type of confusion that has surfaced for me now, one that doesn\u2019t have anything to do with z-scores or bell curves. <\/span><\/p>\n

As a matter of fact, it has nothing to do with classes at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone has a type, right? Like, a TYPE type. Some people are into athletes, some people are into blondes, some people are exclusively into frat guys (though that\u2019s more of a character flaw than a \u201ctype,\u201d per se, but we can let it go), etc. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some people have a couple different \u201ctypes.\u201d This is probably a little more common, especially since these types overlap on such a small campus. <\/span><\/p>\n

But riddle me this: what do we do if we develop a crush on someone who is not AT ALL your type?<\/span><\/p>\n

Yep, I am living through this confusion as we speak. I don\u2019t know why I like this guy; he\u2019s nothing like any of the other guys I\u2019ve been into before! I mean, he\u2019s smart and funny and nice and doesn\u2019t ignore me. <\/span><\/p>\n

And I can\u2019t possibly imagine what is wrong with me. Why am I into him?<\/span><\/p>\n

If anyone has experienced this before now, I am so sorry that I didn\u2019t understand your confusion. <\/span><\/p>\n

Because I definitely understand it now. I would love to know the exact reason why I am crushing on someone who I a) don\u2019t have a single class with, b) have only talked to a couple times and c) couldn\u2019t really pick out of a crowd. <\/span><\/p>\n

Until now. <\/span><\/p>\n

Because I am obviously an expert on every single thing that has ever existed ever, I always say matter-of-factly, \u201ceveryone has a type!\u201d And I really do stand by this!<\/span><\/p>\n

But none of my proclamations ever described what I should do when the guy I have a crush on is so far from my previously determined \u201ctype.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

What is little old me supposed to do in this situation?<\/span><\/p>\n

I have thought long and hard about it, and I have finally come to a conclusion:<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe I should talk to him. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ask him to coffee. <\/span><\/p>\n

Have a conversation with him.<\/span><\/p>\n

This guy is not an enigma. He\u2019s not a gnome. He\u2019s not a Jedi. He\u2019s not one of the Village People. <\/span><\/p>\n

I need to broaden my horizons and forget my \u201ctype.\u201d I\u2019m guessing that, when I do, something good MIGHT come out of it. Just maybe. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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