I try to hide my pain.
While most folks will help you if they witness you being injured, and some folks will help you out if the see you in a cast and/or on crutches, nearly everybody eventually gets tired of the "cripple" who is always in the way.
I save my expressions of pain for when I really need them. It's kinda like how I use profanity - it has a greater impact when used sparingly; but when I must, I make the most of it!
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The mere fact that science may not yet adequately explain an object, event, or experience does not mean the immediate explanation should automatically default to a conspiratorial, extraterrestrial, paranormal, or supernatural cause.
10 Mar 2009, 7:12 pm
