so i’ve always been super smart in school but relatively dumb in the common sense area. i played this up in middle school to try to get people to like me more and sometimes it’s just a defense mechanism. but now i’m like actually super airheaded i think, like i don’t think things through and i don’t have any common sense and my bf recently said that he can tell when i’m faking it and it’s annoying to him (i told him in confidence that sometimes i fake it as a coping mechanism) but i’m pretty sure he can’t tell.. our relationship is relatively solid and we hardly ever get into fights and he’s honestly the best guy i’ve ever been with and this one argument was a bit out of character for him so i’m at a loss. i don’t even know when he assumes i’m faking it because i don’t really do so consciously. he never brought it up really before so i never thought it was a problem. i still don’t really think it’s a problem but it’s not like it’s something i can change so why would i even try.. does anyone else feel similarly/have any advice?