I will admit I’m not very good at expressing my feelings. In fact, I’m a bit of a clam when it comes to emotions, touchy feely stuff, and such. My running partner Run Wiki is the opposite. When she blogged today about how I can’t stand that she’s mushy…well, I can stand it but I don’t know how she does it. How she can say the things she does with sincerity. I will sometimes say mushy things but I make jokes to desensitize them. Or I turn a possible mushy moment into something else. Example…I might say to her, “I liked your post/picture” (yes, that’s me being touchy feely) and she will say “you’re going to make me cry” to which, rather than saying “there there” or whatever is appropriate in such a situation, I will say “stop blubbering, we have to run.” Yes, so emotive, I know…
So, in an attempt to be more expressive about my feelings, I am going to start a “Friday Feelings” (for no better reason than it’s Friday today and hey, the alliteration helps) post where I talk about feelings. Now, I need to get comfortable with this so I am going to start with an easy one. For this week I have put some touchy feely (for me) words on a picture. Perhaps you would be so kind as to give me a score out of 10 depending on how you think I’m doing on the feelings front. Or not. Whatever. It’s not like I care.
Are you touchy feely or emotion-free like me? Do you express your feelings or keep them to yourself? Feel free to share but please no crying. I can’t stand it.
I burst into laughter… blubber one minute laughing the next. I am all over the place. You score a 3 on the touchy feely by my standards… your standards? 10. IF you ever score 10 (by mine) I would check to see if you had been abducted by aliens. I would not change one wonderful thing about you.
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A 3?! That’s awesome!
I wear my heart on my sleeve on a daily basis. I don’t cry all the time and I am not overly sensitive but I probably say I love things and people way too much, I get excited about little things, and I embarrass my kids by squeezing them too much in public
I guess beig mushy is just one way I show how grateful I am.
Nothing wrong with that! You and Run Wiki are in good company!
I wear my heart on my sleeve on a daily basis. I don’t cry all the time and I am not overly sensitive but I probably say I love things and people way too much, I get excited about little things, and I embarrass my kids by squeezing them too much in public
I guess being mushy is a way I show how grateful I am. I just can’t help it 
Nothng wrong with, “shut up and run.”
Ah Tanya, you are like me!
Love the contrast between you two–maybe that’s why it works so well! It’s funny, I grew up in the Midwest where people really don’t express emotions much. I’ve lived on the East Coast my whole adult life, however, and I think most people here are pretty out in the open with their feelings. So what I’m getting at is that I have evolved over the years and become much more open with emotions. I like it this way!
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I guess the Midwest is more like England then? And the West coast is more open than the East coast?!
Putting a score directly contradicts the feelings!
I feel that you are on the right track with getting more in touch with your emotions. It will serve you well!
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Ooh, I see your point! Emotions aren’t about numbers. Thanks for (stuck now because this requires feeling) the kind words!