Over the Shock and GALing 4

[Thinker]

After work yesterday I took S6 and S4 to swimming lessons. I made a decision that I was getting out and was going to be social so I made a conscious transition into "happy social father man" and packed the boys into the car.

And while the boys were in their lesson I had fun, cheerful chats with 4 different women - all mom's waiting for their kids.

And I was happy, and social. And I had fun.

So was that being ingenuous? Was that not being me?

It was certainly better than being "Morose Stay-at-home Man"

I think there is something to the "Mask" concept - for some people it is a very useful tool for executing an attitude shift. It doesn't change your core person, but it changes how you interface with the world.