“Katie, if you don’t mind, I’m going to go into my head for a bit.”
I don’t know about you, but if someone tells me to shut up, my instinctive response is – to put it lightly – fairly negative. It just comes across pretty rude, doesn’t it?
However, an overheard a conversation has shown that you don’t always need to respond as if the request is a slap in the face.
Twitter user Corinne Sullivan’s example shows that sometimes your talking can be an unwanted encroachment on the person you’re talking to. And sometimes we all need a bit of me time, y’know?
Couple is sitting next to each other on the subway and the woman is talking the man’s ear off about her roommate when the man goes, “Katie, if you don’t mind, I’m going to go into my head for a bit,” and now I have my response to every convo I want out of forevermore
— Corinne Sullivan (@corinnzo) April 8, 2018
How did she respond?
— Publishing Harpy of Misandry (Pam) (@NerdyPam) April 8, 2018
Believe it or not, she nodded complacently and then they sat together in thoughtful silence. #relationshipgoals at its finest.
— Corinne Sullivan (@corinnzo) April 8, 2018
The tweet got quite the reaction on social media as people feel that more of us should be giving others headspace.
This is the most amazing tweet I’ve ever read in my life.
— Eddie (@eddieb2) April 10, 2018
This is why I love our generation. This. Right here.
— thatcolorsilver (@mygreydreams) April 10, 2018
i am 100% both of these people
— 30 days until tranquility base hotel & casino (@applesplatter) April 10, 2018
So there we have it. Next time you want someone to quit their yapping and close their piehole for a goddamn second, just tell them you need to ‘go into your head for a bit’ – apparently it works a treat.