You know we all do this!! Whether intentionally or unintentionally there is always that one person that we find ourselves in conversation with and catch our face talking for us right?!

Sometimes when my husband and I go out on date nights, we find ourselves nowhere other than…. you guessed it, Menards!!! (Insert eyeroll here) Is this the place that I would have chosen to go on our very much needed date night? Probably not going to be my first choice for sure but if it means I get to spend another hour with him all to myself, you bet, lets “Save Big Money at Menards.”

Of course we go in with a whole list of items and I follow him around usually like a good puppy but every now and then, especially around Christmas time, I end up wandering towards the Christmas trees and decor. I can’t help myself, I love Christmas! Then he probably turns around and rolls his eyes when he notices that I’m missing, LOL.

One night we went out and I need to go to Hobby Lobby and he followed me around the store, rolling his eyes I’m sure! It wasn’t the type of hobby store he had in mind.

But, back to my face. I feel like my face makes this sound more often now and when I catch it I try to play it off smooth and hope the other person didn’t hear what she said. I don’t do it intentionally the majority of the time but I get told often that it happens or I reacted badly and I think, oh really? I thought I kept my cool pretty well?! Most of the time when this happens I’m thinking about 100 other things going on. It’s not that I don’t want to listen to you or what’s going on in your life right now, I really do care but I have things going on too that for some reason are not letting me listen to you.

I think I get this odd trait from my mom. Is “face talking” genetic? It’s really funny to watch her from across a room and you can kindof tell how her conversation is going based on her facial expressions. And I’ve learned that not everyone makes these facial expressions. Some faces stay quiet and mind their business, mine, not so much it turns out. I also have quite the inner monologue and I’ve come to learn that not everyone has this. I have entire conversations with myself, in my head and sometimes it doesn’t even come out of my mouth. It stays right up there for me, myself and I. Heck, I even answer my own questions for time to time. I guess when I’m looking for expert advice I need to look no further, I’m right here ma’am!

I think with it being graduation season 2022 it just made me think and try to be more aware of what my face is saying when I’m talking with all of these people I don’t see as often. I really am a genuine person and I do care and I just want the best for everyone!