When the whole office is a buzz with conversation, I always have a million things I want to add!

I can relate, I want to jump up and wave my arm in the air, but I don’t, I wait patiently for a courteous moment to put in my words to add to the conversation!

But the words never come out, and I miss my chance before I realize I have missed my chance. And then everyone is silent and it’s work time again, and it would be just outright awkward if I tried at this point.

So then I feel pushed out of the convo, silenced and pushed off to the side and sad I didn’t get to contribute. And then I feel awkward for not saying anything, and now either way it ended awkward with me. As these things seem to always do.

Now I’m uncomfortable so I stay even more silent, and I regret silence as much as I am grateful for it.

-a Non-Miss