walking my dog last night and looked up at this house at the exact wrong moment.
there was this woman just standing in her kitchen window and we both froze like we got caught doing something illegal. she was probably just washing dishes or whatever but now we both have to live with the fact that we shared this weird moment through glass.
the thing is you cant really apologize for accidental window eye contact.
like what are you supposed to do wave and mouth sorry.
that just makes it weirder.
so we both just kind of looked away and pretended it never happened but now every time i walk past that building im gonna remember her face and wonder if she remembers mine.
its like having a neighbor you never actually met but you have this shared trauma bond.
and why do people not have curtains anyway.
i get that natural light is nice but youre basically putting on a show for anyone walking by. not that i was trying to look in but windows are at eye level for a reason. its like leaving your diary open and then getting mad when someone reads it except the diary is your entire living situation.
thing is now i feel guilty about something that wasnt even my fault. like i violated some unspoken privacy rule by existing on a sidewalk and having functioning eyeballs.
my dog probably thinks im insane because i stopped dead in the middle of our walk to have an internal crisis about basic human interaction.
now i take a different route which is probably overkill but whatever. some battles arent worth fighting and apparently avoiding awkward window lady is where i draw the line.