A situation when you were misunderstood, and lesson(s) you have learnt from this experience.
You should write at least 400 words.

Being misunderstood is painful. Especially when the discord arises between yourself and somebody that you respect, like and admire. Unfortunately it is an unavoidable bi-product of human-interaction and something that we all have to contend with from time to time.

But how best to handle it when the situation arises?

I can see the flicker occur in people’s eyes, when the querying of my artificial extrovertism has reached conclusion. I feel the moment palpably, recognising all the signals having spent a lifetime faking social-courage. When the penny drops I wish I could just blurt out: Oh fudge, OK, FFS, just say it, you’ve seen me! (Cue me running wildly into the hills).

Yes I recognise this moment of acknowledgement so acutely. The searching eyes; the slowed talking at their end; the measured, intentional listening — trying to read me just that little bit more closely to affirm to themselves that their instinct is spot-on.

Oh it never tastes less bitter, or feels less painful despite experiencing it again and again over the years.

I want to suspend the moment in time, rewind it a few seconds to the moment before this one — when they still thought I was the Ace of Spades. Still thought the confidence that my mask upholds was real, that I do indeed want to talk to all humans, certainly not that I actually just want to run and hide in a deep dark black hole and be on my own.

The truth always outs they say, and ain’t that the truth indeed.

I can say however, that I have come to accept that I am oft misunderstood. And that you know what, it’s OK — because we all are. More than that, I frequently misunderstand others, getting it wrong all too often despite my thinking that I am intuitive and have a strong sense of others characters.

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no,

explanation:

because they are likely to use their corrupted thought process to get what they want. not what is better for the another reason they shouldn't is since they abused their rights as a us citizen they should have certain rights stripped away from them as punishment, such as the right to vote. due to the lack of proper behavior exemplified   from their actions , it would be hard for people to trust them because of their criminal record.   either directly (in the case of a referendum or ballot initiative) or indirectly (by choosing lawmakers and law enforcers). in fact, we do have certain minimum, objective standards of responsibility and commitment to our laws that we require people to meet before they are given a role in the solemn enterprise of self-government. people who have committed serious crimes against their fellow citizens don’t meet those standards. and those crimes can include such “non-violent felonies” as, say, treason and espionage, or voter fraud and public corruption, white-collar crime and felonies merely “concerning drugs” — like trafficking in fentanyl-laced heroin and selling it to minors, for example. if you’re not willing to follow the law, then you should not have a role in making the law for everyone else.

to and without are prepositions, so a, b, and d are prepositional phrases. the adverb phrase is c, about the surprise.

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