I am an idiot, part 1

The word for fasting (sawm) and difficult (saeiba) for some reason sound very similar to me when spoken, maybe because they both start with an "sa"?  Honestly, I have no idea, they just do.

So for the past two weeks of Ramadan, when people have been asking me if I am fasting I keep thinking they are asking me if it is difficult.  I, of course being the dancing monkey that I am, say NO with a HUGE smile on my face, hoping that people will think I am somewhat impressive for not finding fasting during Ramadan difficult.  I ASSUMED that the faces of confusion were because the people I was talking to didn't really understand what I was saying, because this is, you know, not completely out of the realm of possibility for me.  But turns out those faces of confusion were faces of horror because I had the audacity to admit with a huge smile on my face that I WAS NOT fasting during Ramadan, even though I AM.  To put this in perspective, the American equivalent would be to say the New York Yankees suck while you are sitting in Yankee Stadium in the Yankee fan section while the Yankees play the Boston Red Sox in the final and deciding game of the World Series, but not, because it is like 100 billion times more worse because it involves RELIGION.  I am making this comparison because both incidences result in people thinking YOU ARE A HUGE A**HOLE.  

So now, even though I AM fasting, I won't get any brownie points for it because people think I am a complete a**hole because I AM AN IDIOT.   An unimpressive idiot at that. Story of my life....