When I was a teenager and my mom would cal me a smartass (in a joking way), I'd say I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass.
I was thinking about this during my lunch run.
I don't think I'm afraid of being alone really, I'm afraid of being lonely.
but back to phobias - I can't think of any that I really have. I'm more afraid of situations. Like I'm not claustrophobic, but the idea of being crawling through a long pipe where I can't see the end gives me the willies.
But I get your point.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. --Jean Jacques Rousseau.
