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If you're like me, sometimes you'll be out in public around a bunch of other people and be like "huh, these are whole people with lives and experiences just as real as mine." Some of them might be people I'd become super good friends with if we actually got to know each other, but we'll never even meet. It's kinda a sad thought, but what can ya do?
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I have a B&B and accept pets. We have a sweet Lab/Airedale mix that was just a pup. She staid for 6 months and just left. My Tucker (GSD) is really missing her, and I know we will never meet again. SO Sad!
What about when you see someone with a t-shirt of some great band that nobody knows? Or someone who plays the same godforsaken musical instrument as you?
Ok I’m glad I’m not the only one who has really weird thoughts about I wonder if I’ll ever see that person or that thing again.
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i want to know this corgi's name! mabey a comic about their life and how is paralleling to pixies in a way or something.
SONDER Definition & Meaning Dictionary.com https://www.dictionary.com › browse › sonder noun. the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one's own, in which they are the central character ...
It's german, so the pronunciation should be \zawnder\.... I think.
For me its places: little towns full of people I'll never meet, parks I'll never sit in, shops I'll never shop in, different lives I'll never live.
I've been lucky to travel to many countries and meet lots of people, but I probably won't see most of them again. To me, there are two ways to look at this: you can feel sad about not seeing them, or you can feel grateful for having had the chance to spend time with them. It's a choice.
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows has a word for this feeling: sonder. It is defined as "the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own". Kishibashi channelled this in his album titled Sonderlust.
I think that dog will tell THIS cool story to other dogs/pets when she gets home, like, "there was this CAT hanging out at the dog park like it was totally normal and she was really friendly and wanted to know if I was moving there! Can you imagine?" and her friends will be like "Whaaa?" (and then it's revealed she's talking to two beavers and a groundhog).
I bet she and Lola would be bestest friends.
You know I just realized Jacko is yet to meet the others
I think about this a lot too 😔
I didn't ask for you to tug at my heart strings like this! *sniffs* So precious and sweet
I feel this way all the time!! Sometimes I’ll be chatting with a stranger at the store and often they seem really sweet and nice… it’s so hard for me to make friends so I’m often bummed that I’ll probably never see those people again
it's a prominent part of the pleasure i get from the P&B community ❤️
I have no idea why, but it jumps out at me that Pixie is grown in this but Brutus' muzzle is only a little grey.
oops. I fix
Introvert here thinking "pheww dodge another conversation successfully"
I think about this all the time...so many strangers who could become like family to me if we only met
One of my hobbies is people watching, I go to my local mall and watch the people there, and I try to imagine what their life may be like.