Back in grade school, I had a classmate who asked my teacher what the word "*****" (sorry I can't remember what the word was) meant? She looked at him, glared, and SNAPPED. She asked, "Am I an encylopedia to you?"
Just last week, I'm with colleagues and we were prattling about our daily nonsensical lives. It was how chattering was supposed to looked like, or feel like -- animated discussion, laughing, teasing, intermittent silence, but the general conviviality of it all is captivating. Until, one snapped. Her emotion peaked, voiced trembling -- she was literally piqued. It was about how long term relationships ending up sourly that has burst her fragile defense. We were shocked, but forgiving. She defended her self, and we told her we do understood her situation, no need to rectify her snapping snippets.
So there, we snapped.
We snapped when we let our guards down, or even when it's on full alert. We snapped when we hear THAT phrase, or name, or sound. So yes, snapping I guess, is somewhat an irrational reaction, or is it a reflex?
That is why I don't ask. It's not that I know things already, or that I am not interested-- It's because of the fear that I experienced when that elementary teacher snapped at my classmate.
