Hi everyone. I haven’t told anyone about this except my friend, and I won’t tell anyone else. But it seems like I have the ability to influence people. Even as a child, things always went my way. If I wanted to play a certain game, that’s what everyone played. If I wanted something in a store, my parents would definitely buy it. Of course, I didn’t see anything strange about it. It just felt like the way things were supposed to be. I mean, I was cute and pretty — why not? I first noticed something odd about two years ago. I was really hungry and went up to a hot dog stand, but the vendor said, “That’s it for today, I’ve just sold the last one.” And I looked at that last hot dog in a girl’s hands with such envy… And then she suddenly said, “Take it, you need it more. I didn’t really want it anyway.” I mean, if it had been a guy, I would’ve been used to that — but a girl… To be honest, I quickly forgot about it. I thought, well, she’s just an angel, a kind person — people like that exist. But then there was another situation during an exam. I picked a ticket I didn’t know. I’m standing there, looking at it, thinking, “Damn, why this one of all things?” And suddenly the lecturer says, “Alright, we didn’t really have time to cover this topic properly. Go ahead and pick another one. We’ll go over this next semester.” Seriously??? I was over the moon. I quickly picked another one, not believing my luck. Since then, I’ve tested it on purpose. I can’t make someone do something they really don’t want to do or consider wrong (like putting pepper in their coffee or running down the street in their underwear — that doesn’t work). But simple things — getting hired, being asked out on a date, letting me go ahead in line, offering me something I’m thinking about — those work perfectly every time. I don’t know why me or how it works, but it really helps in life. Haha, by the way, it only works on people. I’ve tried to “suggest” things to my dog so many times — like not tearing up the pillows — but she just doesn’t care.