
I overuse parentheses, too.
today i was walking and this lady in front of me tripped (she was walking towards me) and at first I tried to play it off as if I didn’t see her fall, just to give her the benefit of the doubt. But as time passed, the whole thing just set in and I started laughing hysterically (after having a complete straight face) and she started laughing and then we were both laughing and she was like “Yeah, that was funny”