Practice Confrontation on Handy Mime!

A WikiHow contributor posted a useful tip today on how to confront someone who is giving you the cold shoulder. I was enjoying the article, which started out with good solid advice. "Make sure you're not just being paranoid." Good point.  Now I'm paranoid about being paranoid.

The article continued with calm and sympathetic advice on how to resolve the issue peacefully using empathy and understanding. But I was feeling aggitated, and I couldn't quite figure out why. Until I realized, HE was there.  Cold Shoulder Man himself, standing there in his black and white mime hoodie, giving me the freaking silent treatment, just like they said he would in the WikiHow tip.

So, I asked him. "What are you lookin' at?"

Of course he said nothing.

"Ohhhh, I see!  Okay, now I get it. You're here to make a point. Well, I hear you loud and clear, mister." And then I threw in, "Do I know you? Didn't we date in college?"

I took a deep breath, and set out to the work at hand. I practiced confronting him using the 9 Step Program outlined in the WikiHow tip. It took a while, but finally I felt closure. I patted myself on the back, as instructed in Step 9, and thanked Jeebus that I was not just being paranoid.