Oh, Dana. I am totally down with your rant about jerks getting ahead and good people getting crap! That just eats me up! I try so hard, as do my friends and loved ones, and it's nothing but struggle. Meanwhile, the arrogant asses of the world sail on through.
Ugh!
Yes, indeedy. I totally get it.
Jen M.
(12-04-2010 06:19 PM)Dana Wrote: [ -> ]Now I'm weird, I'll go all over alone, in fact if it's shopping I'd rather go alone, I hate shopping or doing errands with others.
I don't mean shopping or errands, I do those all the time alone without a thought, those aren't awkward social situations. I'm talking about gallery receptions, music concerts, parties, etc. The social situations where you don't know a soul and no one's talking to you and you just stand around like a lonely idiot. I don't need my husband to go to the supermarket with me, I need him to go to a gallery reception with me so I won't just take 10 minutes looking at the art and turn around and leave because I don't know anyone.
(12-04-2010 08:06 PM)anastasia Wrote: [ -> ] (12-04-2010 06:19 PM)Dana Wrote: [ -> ]Now I'm weird, I'll go all over alone, in fact if it's shopping I'd rather go alone, I hate shopping or doing errands with others.
I don't mean shopping or errands, I do those all the time alone without a thought, those aren't awkward social situations. I'm talking about gallery receptions, music concerts, parties, etc. The social situations where you don't know a soul and no one's talking to you and you just stand around like a lonely idiot. I don't need my husband to go to the supermarket with me, I need him to go a gallery reception with me so I won't just take 10 minutes looking at the art and turn around and leave because I don't know anyone.
For me, that's exactly right. I can go shopping by myself and other domestic errands by myself. I pretty much enjoy that. As far as those social situations, that's how I feel too. I just absolutely hate them. If I went with someone, I'd have a tendency to cling with them.
There's a man that I'm friendly with at a "phobia" group that I go to sometimes. It's a group for phobias, depression, anxiety, etc. He's 64 years old. He is very shy and very uncomfortable in social situations. How I can relate to that! His wife is a social butterfly. And now, because of those differences between them, they are facing a divorce. His wife is just disgusted with him being as he is. He feels the same way about her.