I have the opposite rules. I'm like Robin Williams in spirit. Not in humor he's way funnier AND classier, don't read too much into that comparison lol although I've been pretty suicidal in the past so maybe it's about on ... the only time I've ever not made a joke is the day my dad died when I was 16... but I was HELLA grateful someone else tried to make laugh even if it just made me cry more.

I like people with your rules :-) I just have different ones that work for me. I almost NEVER say my jokes are jokes for example, because sometimes when I don't say it's joke and people it take it seriously it accidentally leads to good conversation.

It's not that I WANT to piss them off ... but if I'm myself and they get pissed off because I made a social faux pas or something ... coming to a place where we understand each other ANYWAY is going to be a more powerful connection than if I was just trying to be as cordial as possible.

But that's for me. I know alot of people that behaving the way I do would NOT be "being themselves" and so that wouldn't work at all for them.

Appreciate your response!