a year ago today
May 28, 2018 Uncategorized 0 comment ltherrien18
There is “no such thing as a stupid question”, right? There’s many times people, including myself, have asked stupid questions. Not serious, life-changing stupid questions, but stupid questions that were asked solely because common sense was not a factor in the question asking. One question that I’ve asked before that was not the most intelligent, was asking a friend on September 25th “if my birthday was a year ago today.” My birthday is January 25th. September 25th is most certainly not a year away from January 25th. The only day that is exactly a year behind January 25th, is January 25th from the previous year.
I am not quite sure what sparked me to ask this question, nor why. I remember being excited because it was the 25th…the 25th of September, but apparently the month did not pass my mind, only the number date…and apparently in my mind that meant that it consider with my birthday, so of course, asking, “hey! wasn’t it my birthday a year ago today?” was the right things to ask. I was not nervous, nor scared when I asked this, obviously because it was a spur of the moment question and I honestly didn’t even realize I was asking it until I got the laughing responses and strange looks. After this, I finally realized what I had just said and began laughing myself, along with everyone of my friends laughing along with me, or nonetheless laughing at me, either way, a fun memory was just created due to my lack of thinking.
If I did not ask this question what would’ve happened is I wouldn’t have given my friends something to laugh about nor would there be an ongoing constant joke every 25th, of them asking me, “hey remember when it was your birthday a year ago today?” No matter what 25th of a random month it is. Believe me, this is not the only time I have asked something relating to this topic, nor is it the last nor is it the most impacting. Although it is one I will be reminded about for as long as my friends remember at least, or get sick of bringing it up, although in my case I do not believe I will have much luck with them forgetting.
Although this was an extremely common sense lacking stupid question, I do not regret saying it because it was quite funny and made others laugh. I did not feel ashamed or embarrassed asking this because asking questions like these are somewhat expected of me to be honest. Also, It was a spur of the moment question, for sure one that was not properly thought out, resulting in it being quite a stupid question. This is a reoccurring question that will now come up every 25th of the month if friends remember to remind me so. A never ending stupid question.
Something I have learned from this situation, is to never question how far away you are from your birthday. Also, as I have learned with not only this question but many others I have asked or been asked, is to never hold back, and do not think too much into what you say if you are curious. In my lifetime there have been so many funny moments or memories created by myself or friends asking a ‘stupid’ question. You never know if someone else was thinking the same thing, or they had the same question to ask. In my case, I do not believe any one else had the same specific question about the timeline of their birthday, but this is besides the point. The main point is, there is said to be stupid questions, but no one question is truly stupid if you think of it. No matter what question it is it either creates a good laugh, a funny memory, or hey, maybe a ‘stupid’ answer in return.
Regardless of what sort of ‘stupid’ question you may ask in the future out loud or even to yourself, there truly is no such thing as a stupid question. There are questions asked daily that lack common sense for sure, but never truly a ‘stupid question’. Every question asked, by yourself or others creates common sense or invokes in new learning no matter the topic. So next time you hold back from possibly asking what you think is a stupid question, remember that question may just be inspiring someone else who was too afraid to ask what you did.
