Afraid of me

[breakinglight11]

Tonight I was told, not for the first time, that people are afraid of me. Unsure of what to make of this, I wrote in my Honesty Box on Facebook asking if anyone found this to be true. Not ten minutes later, I recieved this response:

"jesus phoebe. you're gorgeous, smart, judgmental, and don't need anything. any minute you're going to decide that i'm worthless. i'm terrified of you."

I... know even less what to think.

Comments

[bronzite.livejournal.com]

At least people tell you these things. I've spent a big chunk of my post-college life being feared by one segment of the population or another, and I think people might fear you for the same reason they feared me for a while; I had enough social clout at the time that if I decided that somebody wasn't worth my time, or actively deserving of my ire, not only would I be against them, but my opinion would influence the opinions of my others around me, and they might find themselves cast out of an entire group. So it may not be your intrinsic attributes they fear, but the power over others that you wield, perhaps without ever really thinking about it.