We should all have our own warning labels. They wouldn’t be pasted to our bodies but maybe convenient placed on visible areas of our packaging such as the interview suit warning label, one on the hot first date outfit and some at various levels in the home. My apartment buzzer might be pasted with
Warning: the water she offers you is from the tap
I’m thinking about what other labels I might have and it’s very different from considering what your faults or foibles are. It’s not necessarily listing “10 things you don’t like about yourself”. Looking for warnings is a unique form of self discovery.
Warning: she WILL eat all the smarties from the trail mix before you
Many of them are culturally based. I grew up in a certain kind of household and I’m meeting people who grew up in very different sometimes contrasting circumstances. It’s good to take stock of what might shock and then get over that.
Warning: she will NEVER wait till Christmas morning to open presents
If you read this, please leave a warning about yourself. Heh, I make it sound like there’s many people reading this - I know all 5 or 6 of you. But entertain me anyway.
Warning: if you take her to the movie theatre, she will cry afterwards - regardless of the nature of the movie