Everyone Loves a Boston Girl

Lately I’ve realized that I laugh a lot when writing e-mails. You know, I type “haha” a lot. To the point where sometimes when I go back and read over the e-mail, I have to delete “hahas” because there are wayy too many. A lot of times I don’t even know why they’re there; what I’m writing isn’t even funny and “hahas” definitely aren’t necessary. It’s not like I use “haha” as an awkward filler, because the e-mails I’m writing are usually to my close friends (I try my best not to haha in business e-mails). But it’s making me wonder if I do a lot of awkward haha’ing in real life. Seriously, I’ve been laughing at the lamest things lately. Like non-stop, can’t hold it in no matter what laughter. My friends look at me like “What? Did we miss the joke?” Maybe this is just translating over into my e-mail communications…or vice versa. Hmmm.

I used to work with a 39-year-old man who would write me e-mails and constantly use LOL. The first time he wrote to me I called him out on it, and he totally did not get why I thought it was so hilarious. Now when he writes to me, he makes it a point to say LOL at least 10 times, and if he fails to, he always ends with a P.S. LOL. There’s something about a 39-year-old man writing LOL that makes me LOL.

I’m going to try my best to stop e-mailing “hahas” so much. And I need to control my real-life laughter as well. Especially when I’m by myself. I think I’m a pretty emotional person, and I just calculated that I haven’t actually cried for 3 months, which may be a record for me. Therefore though, I think my body is finding other ways to exhibit emotion and laughing must be it. Well, I suppose “hahas” are better than “wahh wahhs.”