If it's a place (funeral home, OBgyn office, children's play) or a situation (sex, conversations with my strict grandmother, awkward yoga poses) I will laugh during it.
I don't know why, as I don't have the nervous laughter issue. My nervous defense mechanism is to be silent, which just makes me look like a total weirdo pulling a Harpo Marx at the bar while I stare at my feet. But I just think laughter is always appropriate and makes the world a better place.
We take ourselves far too seriously. If I have to go to the chiropractor because I have a sex injury (true story) I'm going to laugh. If I see a St. Bernard hump a toddler (mostly true story) I'm going to almost pee my pants laughing. If I'm having sex and I'm having a good time, I'll laugh. Apparently, guys might take offense to this. They don't get that I'm not laughing at them (usually) but just having fun. Or I'm being tickled. As I've been told, this is not normal. When I asked my friend if she laughs during sex she was all, 'yeah, if we're trying out a weird new position,' and I'm all, 'yeah, but I laugh all the time.' Then she looked at me like a freak. I get this look often. Shouldn't sex be fun? What's wrong with expressing that you're having a good time? I have had exactly one person get mad at me for laughing during sex, and that was the boyfriend of 5 years which I am no longer with. Probably because I laugh during sex. Is this not normal?
Maybe it's because, since I was young, I've never had a firm grasp on appropriateness. I thought scaling a chain link fence in my new skirt was appropriate. I also thought yanking flowers, root and all, from my neighbors to give to my mom was appropriate. Who knew?
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