You and sarcasm go together like peanut butter and jelly. You don't remember what life was like before it, when every word you spoke was serious and nothing you said was mocking or ironic. And now, you can't imagine life without it. Anyone who knows you knows that you're most fluent in the language of sarcasm and they either hate it, accept it or join you in it. But when you eat, sleep and breathe sarcasm, it's not necessarily a life of leisure. Here are a few things that you encounter when sarcasm is your first language:
1. People can't tell when you're joking and when you're being serious.
2. You get frustrated when someone doesn't understand your sarcasm.
Oftentimes, what you say can go right over people's heads. This annoys you occasionally, but by now you're just used to it.
3. When you meet someone who replies to your sarcasm with sarcasm, it's love at first sight.
There's nothing more attractive than when someone fires back at your sarcasm with their own sarcastic response. Unfortunately, this is pretty rare.
4. Sometimes you can't even tell when you're being serious.
Did I mean that ironically or did I actually mean what I said? The world may never know.
5. You get startled when someone gets offended at your sarcasm.
Please calm down I was not trying to offend you. Honestly, please forgive me. I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing I bruised your ego.
6. Your family has gotten used to your sarcastic responses.
Not only have they gotten used to you pushing their buttons, they themselves have become apt in speaking the language. And you know what they say, a family who sarcasms together, stays together.
7. People sometimes think you're mean when you first meet them.
You've met a lot of new people who just did not understand your sarcasm at first. This has taught you to work on yourself and save the sarcasm until a little later. It's working, you think.
8. You have to tread lightly around your friends who don't understand sarcasm.
Yes you do have friends who don't understand your sarcasm, and yes, you love them anyway. This causes you to have to do a lot of apologizing but you're getting there.
9. But your best friends speak your language and that's all that matters.
Sometimes your conversations with each other become so sarcastic you do not know who is still joking and who isn't.
10. You oftentimes find yourself using sarcasm as a defense mechanism.
What do you do when you're uncomfortable? Use sarcasm. What do you do when someone insults you? Use sarcasm. What do you do under confrontational situations? Use sarcasm.
11. You're guilty of saying offensive things to people and covering it up as sarcasm.
People know how sarcastic you are that sometimes you're able to "joke" with them and say something offensive that you actually mean. Does this make you a terrible person? Maybe. Will you continue to do it? Probably.
12. Your go-to approach to flirting is sarcasm, which is probably why you're still single.
It's the classic tale of girl meets boy: Girl says something she thinks is witty, boy either doesn't understand or gets offended. Maybe next time you should try just not talking at all, that will probably be more successful.
Truth is, your sarcasm has gotten you into more trouble than you hoped it would. You end up offending more people than you intend to, but that doesn't stop you. You love the life you live with sarcasm as your middle name.
As much as people may not be used to it at first, those who know and love you have adapted to your witty one-liners. The downside is that you are put-off by people who get offended easily at your sarcasm. But on the plus side, when you find someone who not only understands your sarcasm but is able to dish it back to you, you instantly want to be their best friend. That or marry them.
