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The journal often fills the need in your life to be understood and can be a pleasant conversation on a topic of your choice without the pressure of trying to get your opinion in before the topic changes or the humiliation of saying something not quite tasteful at the wrong time (4 letters) or misreading the seriousness of the discussion and laughing at inappropriate times as I did recently when informed that the spouse of a male acquaintance had run off with another man. The idea of a person “running off” with someone struck me funny as I visualized these two furtive characters running down the street, coats flaring, bags flapping clothes along the pavement, kissing on the run, getting hair in their mouths as the wind whips past them in their rush, and I burst out laughing. However, the news was earnestly related by the wronged partner in great consternation and laughing was not well received. Nor could I adequately explain the callous frivolity of such an ill-placed sense of humor.

The journal isn’t a substitute for social discourse but a brief respite from the tensions of expectation in which you can dissipate your angst and regain some self respect.