Things I Have Mistaken For A Feeling Over The Years -The Toast

Whatever song is playing in the background
If it’s warm out
Whether or not I felt something yesterday
Just reflecting whatever feeling the person sitting close to me appears to be having
Being late for something
Wearing too many layers in an overheated room
Whatever’s on TV
A smell I can’t place but reminds me of something
Having a lot of emails
Someone else is honking their car horn, probably not at me, but I can still hear it
Wearing sunglasses
Four hours’ worth of time having elapsed since taking ecstasy
Being in a crowded room
My room is messy
Being in an empty room
Bra being on for too long
Spent too much time online
I left something in the fridge hoping that somebody else would eat it but I never asked them to and they probably assumed I was saving it
Ran out of aspirin
Re-watch an episode of TV that I last watched while I was having a feeling
How much someone else wants me to have a feeling
Being taller than someone else
That’s it, there are no other feelings

Mallory is an Editor of The Toast.

Things I Have Mistaken For A Feeling Over The Years