You have a Booger in Your Nose

I always say, you are only a true friend if you will tell your friends that they have a booger in their nose. I mean friends are set aside to take care of each other. If you can’t tell the people you are closest to, things about themselves, then who can you tell? Or who can the friends count on?

Think of that embarrassing moment that happened once, maybe in childhood. You are walking around the playground, strutin your new Nike’s and you realize that everyone is looking at you. It’s not quite the attention you were expecting either. Their faces have a look of disgust or laughter. No your best bud didn’t tell you that some strange form of mucus has decided to dry out, then snuck through your nasal passages, and hung on for dear life right around your nostril opening. The strange beast was exactly what everyone was staring out and who knows for how long?

Little Jimmy or Jenny didn’t even say a word about it, to you anyway. They may have told Stephanie or Stephen but not you. Sure it was just a booger, but seriously this incident has repercussions that could impact your whole day or school year (grade school kids are mean like that). In the end, all it would have taken to avoid this whole situation is a simple comment about the booger that was spotted as you had hopped in line for the slide.

Hopefully, now that we are older, we have the ability and care enough to inform our friends about their boogers or possible tooth debris. Does that transfer to other situations too though? If we have a real friendship, which is different than an acquaintance, could or would we tell them the truth? Especially if the truth could prevent them from making an embarrassing mistake.

Say your friend has this crazy habit of repeating the same stories over and over again. I mean it’s not the end of the world, but with a little help you could make them aware of this fact. Then if they wanted to do something about it, they could and therefore, maybe improve their life or possibly their friend’s lives.

You say something because you care, because you would want them to say it to you. It’s never fair to tell Stephanie or Stephen first. Sure it’s not easy, and sometimes you might need advice on how to say it. In the end, if you notice it or have heard about it and the other person won’t say something, use your best judgment, but don’t leave your friend in the dark.

Sure I’ve been guilty of not saying something to the person and for that, shame on me. I wouldn’t have wanted to be treated that way and I feel very sorry that I did that to a friend. Maybe that was my booger for the day that I walked around with and just thought I was talking about someone else’s when mine was 10 times more noticeable.

Don’t leave your friends strutin around at social gatherings with boogers. Care enough to say something. Care enough to address it as soon as it is appropriate. Care enough to let them tell you about your boogers too.

P.S. I wonder how many people checked their nose for boogers while reading this blog?