Who is the Debbie Downer in Social Skills?
The following post is from the ArmaniTalks NewsletterI used to think a Debbie Downer was someone who killed the mood with a negative energy.
Nowadays, I see that there are different paths to being a Debbie Downer.
One path is by being too confident.
Recently, I was invited to this birthday dinner.
I asked the guy inviting me who was going to be going.
He shared the names.
Most of the people I was cool with.
But one guy, I didn’t vibe with.
I met him a few years back at a wedding where we were both the groomsmen.
And something about him rubbed me the wrong way.
He was too confident for my liking.
When he wanted to laugh, he would laugh.
When he didn’t find something funny, he had to say:
‘Idk why everyone is laughing, I didn’t find that funny.’
Then he’d be a Debbie Downer.
All the other groomsmen were cool besides this guy.
So, when I heard he was going to be at the dinner, I second-guessed a bit.