Being Called WhimsicalI’ve been called whimsical twice now which is odd because I would never have chosen that word for myself The second time was from my partner. I sent them a TikTok of a cat on the back of a motorbike, paddling through the air with a little propeller on it and said “one of us?” They replied “You cause you’re whimsical” A friend had called me whimsical before that too, both times it was clearly affectionate I just didn’t really understand what they were seeing What I think it meansAt first I assumed it meant I do dumb little things That is not entirely wrong, I’ve tried soft serve with Tabasco with a friend. I’ve done shower beers with my partner and while cat-sitting for another friend I kept sending them photos where I put their cats in silly situations So yes, there is an obvious version of this where whimsical just means slightly stupid ideas with good timing but the more I thought about it the more it seemed like the pattern was not just silliness Usually…
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