a fool and his community are soon partied

On living as an anti social being in aa pro social world

Alo dear reader!

If you’ve been with me for a while, I have a revelation to share that will be SHOCKING for many of you.

I, Jimmy Dalling, your remarkably foolish friend, have a tendency to be curmudgeonly, defiant, disagreeable and all together difficult to get along with.

Surprising?

I KNOW!

It’s difficult to believe.

But it’s true.

How then, does someone like me manage to socialize? How do I maintain any sense of community or connection?

The key?

Don’t.

Drop out.

Don’t try.

Don’t engage.

And mostly?

Hide with people I know who kinda have to put up with my shit. Hang with people who love me without any conditions whatsoever.

Essentially, I’m a family man.

I do however live in this world. Social interactions are unavoidable. No matter how hard I try to hide, someone eventually drags me out, into the light of shared social existence.

At some point, I get invited to a party.

This fact, given my history, is still a mystery to me - why does this keep happening? How do people continue to put up with me? Do…