Knowing

You say you know who I am. But you don't, really. What you know is the little piece you've taken and interpreted your own way. What you know is your interpretation of who you want me to be. Is it any surprise then that it irritates the heck out of me every time you say you understand?

I say I don't know you or understand you. This annoys you because what you hear is that I don't want to know you, don't want to try to understand you. What I'm really saying is that while I may know a little of you and am trying to understand you, you are much more complex than I feel capable of understanding right now.

Which is worse? Saying you know someone when you don't, or saying you don't know someone when you do? Which gives the case for more frustration? Probably both depending on the person being frustrated, which is exactly where we're at. You want to be known and think I'm not trying, I want to be known and think that you don't care to really know ME.