Posted by alexandra_k on December 30, 2005, at 21:07:13
In reply to Re: sorry about that » alexandra_k, posted by AuntieMel on December 29, 2005, at 11:11:37
> Now for the bit of lecture. Remember how you always say that a person "chooses" how they react to a post? In a lot of ways the same applies to family. Give it a shot and "choose" to refuse to let them get under your skin.
yeah.
maybe i should ask them to 'please be civil'?
i try not to react to them.
mostly... i bite my lip (or my finger)
and keep my trap shut.
when i do have to say something...
i say it quietly and clearly...
and i try not to react when it is ignored.i just appreciated... for the first time i fully appreciated... that they don't know me as a person. they don't know anything about me. about whether i have a sense of humour or not and which things i find funny. about things that are interesting to me. about things i am passionate about. all the things that babblers have gotten to know about me (my goods and my bads) they have no idea and they don't want to get to know me at all. Because whenever i try and show them something of me... they stomp on it.
do i do the same for them?
i really don't think so...
i really don't think so.
yeah. i guess... i hope i have a family one day. but i'm not going to hold my breath for that one. friends are more important to me, i guess.
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