Posted by Dinah on September 18, 2004, at 20:42:01
In reply to Thoroughbreds... » Dinah, posted by Racer on September 18, 2004, at 17:47:58
I'm glad. :)
I think I teeter between being naturally extreme and being toned down. But I'm inordinately fortunate in that my extremes aren't that extreme, I don't think. I said 5 or 95, but it might be better to say 5 or 80. Over the speed limit, but not too dangerously so.
As long as the important people in my life thought it was worth it, I'd be happy to annoy the others. :) But I'm not sure if my husband cares for it overmuch. And I can see how it can be annoying.
Please never tell a soul I said this. ;) But I think I remind me of my mother in a lot of ways. Not just that I look like her. But I remember her enthusiasms. She'd start a project and stay up night and day working on it, then just run out of steam and go to sleep for a month. So our house was littered with the detritis of dead projects. And we'd have to walk around them. (I suppose I'm different because I pick up the pieces or at least let someone else pick them up.) My therapist says her hoarding behavior has the same genetic roots as my OCD. She could be extraordinarily good at accomplishing whatever goal she set out to accomplish. She used a few methods I'd never dream of using. But I see a similarity. And I *know* how difficult it was to live with her, and I'd never wish that on my son. So I do see the benefit of modifying my extremes where necessary.
Ok, I must mitigate what I just said somewhat. I'm like her in some ways, but not all ways. I don't have an explosive temper. I don't see the people around me as being mere extensions of myself with no more right to exist on their own than her arm or leg has. And I'm not nearly as stubborn. I've told my husband that if I ever get too much like my mom to divorce me and remove our son from my influence.
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