When I get an urge to leave the group, I usually just leave without saying goodbye.<\/p>\n
I’m often the first to get to shul and the first to leave.<\/p>\n
I don’t like waiting around to talk to people because that feels like low status behavior. I hate waiting for people, period. Every minute that somebody is late, I feel it as a personal insult.<\/p>\n
I hate saying goodbye because it is rarely a substantive interaction. Instead you just exchange pleasantries and who needs that?<\/p>\n
Sometimes saying goodbye is painfully intimate. I don’t want to look into someone’s eyes and say what’s on my heart. So I just skip out.<\/p>\n
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When I get an urge to leave the group, I usually just leave without saying goodbye. I’m often the first to get to shul and the first to leave. I don’t like waiting around to talk to people because that … Continue reading