Would you want to?

I people watch, I guess you could call it a hobby of mine. I truly enjoy watching the people around me and trying to figure out their story, I always wonder where they're headed where they've been and why. Today I got caught.

Not to say that people watching is a bad thing, but I tend to listen to conversations as well. This is what I got caught doing, and believe it or not people aren't very keen on having their conversations listened to.

I was sitting on a bench at school smoking a cigerette as fast as I could, desperately trying to ignore the fact that I could no longer feel my fingers. I distracted myself by listening to the conversation going on next to me. "He just said I don't love you..." this got my attention and I strategically manuvered myself so that I could get a good view of this girl who apparently had been told by "him" she wasn't loved. I listened to the conversation for about a minute without being noticed, all the while millions of thoughts running through my head. "Why doesn't he love her?" "Did she do something to him?" "Did he ever love her?"

Then it happened. I got caught, I was staring which is breaking the number one rule of people watching, don't let people know you're watching. The girl quickly returned my stare as if to ask me "what the hell are you looking at?!" and then turned her back towards me as though she was trying to create a shield between me and her words. Unfortunately it worked, the wind helped out with this and the fact that my cigarette was done and I had finally realized how cold I was.

As I walked back to class this got me thinking, I wish I could read peoples minds. I would love to know what people are really thinking, to be able to hear their inner thoughts about their lives. That would be fantastic but then I continued thinking. Would I want it to be an all the time thingg, or would I want the ability to turn it off when needed.

I mean imagine you are having sex, do you honestly want to know what the guy is thinking? I'm not sure I would. Seriously "Oh man I'm the shit, I'm so good she loves it...damn I wonder who won the football game." I'd hate it, but on the other hand when the words "Baby I swear nothing happened with me and the girl from the bar." How fantastic would it be to know if he was lying.

Just think about it. Would you want to know what people were thinking? I think it would be a fantastic look into their lives, an experience that would most certainly help you understand those around you better.

Would you want to?