The Armchair Dendrologist

This is also a lifesaver if you have Auditory Processing Disorder. It stopped the amount of annoyed sighs because ppl thought I was deliberately ignoring them or them saying the same thing but louder (which does not help when volume isn’t the problem)

I’ve been known to ask for the exact part I missed. “Third word, last two syllables?” or “Hotel-India-Kilo-Echo or Bravo-India-Kilo-Echo?” among friends who know the Nato Phonetic Alphabet.

THIS.

I didn’t know someone was watching me do housework today *shifty eyes*

Huh

this!! I swear I lost like all my friendships bc of this, like I had a group of friends in hs that one day I realized "huh I haven't talked to this people in a while" and popped in to say hi and they were all awkward?? because they hadn't seen me in a while?? and that's when I realized that friendship works different for them?? I was like yeah I haven't talked to you in like four months but it's not like I've forgotten about y'all why would anything change, and they were all like we haven't talked to you in four months why are you here again acting like nothing happened? and it was really confusing for me

Anyway all my mutuals I haven't messaged in forever - this is why

oh my gods this makes so much sense??? there are people who i haven’t talked to at all for literally over a year and we’ll pick up like nothing happened, but for their people it’s just like...... falling apart but onesided???? i think we’re still on the same level but actually we’re strangers??

Ohhhhhh

Wait this makes so much sense!

This is incredible thank you