Reader's Diary #2019- Deb Olin Unferth: Likable

My wife and I are currently, seemingly, switching paths. She's becoming less social, whereas I am becoming more so. We're roughly the same age as the main character in Deb Olin Unferth's "Likable." This woman is also wrestling with a change in her sociability but unlike my wife and I has the added complication of social anxiety. She believes she become more unlikable the more she talks.

There's a sense that maybe a self-fulfilling prophecy is at work which complicates the ending-- while making it decidedly more wicked.

It's a very relatable piece with a sly sense of humor.