Actually I have a great example of how we truly are mind nerds. My friend Ben and I were leaving our flag football came a couple of weeks ago and a guy from another team was talking to us and letting us know about other teams in the league and what they do and don't do, etc. But this guy was a talker. I mean like the one that repeats himself five different times saying the same thing. So I started walking away ever so slowly and trying to turn my body- giving him the nonverbal hint that I'm done here and ready to leave. I was trying to give the subtle body turn that says, "I'm no longer interested in what you have to say, please let me leave." He was not, however getting the hint.
Long story short, eventually I got to go home. But then two weeks later, Ben brought up the fact that he noticed I was subtly walking away and using nonverbal cues to indicate that I was ready to go. He noticed my psychological attempt to end a drawn on conversation and we talked about it and thought it was so interesting that guy didn't get those same cues. (He was a lawyer so maybe that explains it?)
I guess since we are unabashedly psych folks we might as well have a name like Freud's Friends so people know who they're messing with. Most of the other teams identify themselves as law, with names like "Motion Denied" and "Power of A Tourney".
Oh and since we're on the topic of football... Saturday I scored the game winning touchdown. Second overtime, fourth down and our QB passes it to me in the end zone. Since girl TDs are worth 9 points we successfully put that team away. One of my teammates was so excited he almost tackled me in the end zone. It looks like the glory days of high school football for guys are just beginning for me. Yes- you can pray for humility for me.
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