Things I Didn't Know About Myself

My dad is the "Class Clown" in his family of origin.  I never knew that his desire to make people laugh would rub off on me.

I don't think of myself as a very funny person.  Having no siblings and no close cousins, I did not know how to tease or be teased.  I was bookish, so I would either say something rude not knowing it was inappropriate, or not say anything at all.  I am TERRIBLE at telling jokes.  TERRIBLE.

But whenever I make the honey laugh, it lights up my whole world.  I still remember a joke that I made one night to my friend in Colorado that makes me happy - I made up something funny!  I absolutely love when I make my coworkers laugh.  So apparently I am a wannabe jokester.  Unfortunately, I am like a two-year-old telling a joke.  I ruin the punchline, drag the middle, and have off delivery.  But I still try.  And I absolutely beam when it works.

Now, I don't think that I'm a jokester for the same reason my dad is a Class Clown.  He is the child of an alcoholic, and that role describes him to a tee.  Especially the description in the first link below:

http://www.thechildrensplaceprogram.org/indentified_roles_of_children_of_alcoholics.php

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/friends-family-alcoholics/149246-survival-roles-children-alcoholics.html

Sorry that this post has kind of taken a turn into Bummer Land, but I also made a picture to illustrate.  Some of you will recognize this style of my art - I think it's still effective.  See what you think: