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Fear can be a tricky thing. You can have all the confidence in the world and believe you are prepared to do something. Then, at the last minute, you get afraid. That’s called getting cold feet.
People often get cold feet before doing something important or scary. Getting cold feet doesn’t usually have anything to do with your feet, although you may feel frozen in place with fear. If you have cold feet, it means you are suddenly timid and don’t want to do something.
Jason is engaged. He once had second thoughts about asking Devan to marry him. Can he get to his wedding day without getting cold feet?
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Dialog
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Mason: Yo. What’s up?
Jason: Hey, man. Remember when I was having second thoughts about proposing to Devan?
Mason: And I saved the day? Yeah. Go on…
Jason: It’s sort of happening again. I mean, I just don’t know if I can do this wedding thing, man. I mean, it’s so much work and we’re, like, not even getting along. I just…I don’t know if it’s a good idea.
Mason: Dude, that’s just cold feet.
Jason: You think?
Mason: Sure, man. It’s totally normal. I mean, getting married is a big deal, and a little bit of cold feet? Let’s just say everyone gets nervous sometimes.
Jason: I thought this whole thing was supposed to be exciting and fun.
Mason: I mean, it was once, wasn’t it?
Jason: Yeah.
Mason: And it totally will be again. It’s just a little bit of nerves before a really big event, you know? Cold feet’s totally normal, Jason. I’d honestly be a little bit worried about you if you weren’t having them.
Jason: I guess that’s true.
Mason: Absolutely. I mean, people get nervous before any big life change, like getting a new job, or moving to a new city. It’s totally normal. I really don’t think you should worry about it. But now that I think about it, there is one thing that might help. These!
Jason: Socks?
Mason: Wool socks.
Jason: You know, I don’t think cold feet really has anything to with how cold your feet…
Mason: Trust me on this one, Jason. Wisdom of the dumpster.
Jason: Thanks, Mason.
Mason: Come by any time!
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Discussion
Jason goes to ask Mason for advice. He is not sure if he wants to marry Devan as he has planned. The wedding is a lot of work and they are not getting along.
Mason tells Jason that he is just experiencing cold feet. It’s not a big deal. It’s just a bit of nerves before a change in his life. It’s normal, and Jason shouldn’t worry about it. Then he offers Jason some socks. Even though Jason says it doesn’t sound like cold feet actually has to with your feet, he takes Mason’s socks.
Have you ever gotten cold feet?
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everytime I gonna do something especially for the first time I’ll get cold feet sometimes it will turn out an egregious blunder just because I became so stressful |
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i’ll get cold feet too as snoopyboy’s.haha! |
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yeah, and I’m getting cold feet about it, |
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@snoopyboy Thank you for your answer. Let’s wait, maybe somebody will post the meaning of “wisdom of the dumpster”
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