It must be the effects of the full moon or something...
There has to be a reason, besides my high expectations of those in my peripheral, for me being quite irritated with folks. I'd like to blame the effects of the moon but the truth is, I've just lost my patience. I'm having trouble understanding the unwillingness of people to make any sort of commitment nowadays.
Why is this? Why is it so difficult for people to commit to even a simple invitation to an event in the near future? It's not like they're telling someone something serious like "I love you" and for sure, unless they're not sure of their work schedule, they pretty much know if there's going to be a scheduling conflict. So, why the apprehension?
Not wanting to rant about something that might just be an overreaction on my part, I ran it by a couple of people today in my office. There's a good cross-section of people in the office with differing levels of organizational skills so I felt safe in bringing it up. I found many differing levels of what they thought but one of my coworkers was telling me that she felt the same way as I did. In fact, she said, when she was younger, she always felt that the indecision of her friends often meant that she ended up planning things because she couldn't stand the "I don't know" response to "So, what should we do tonight?".
This has always been a problem for me. Oftentimes people just assume that I'm being pushy however, what they don't realize is that I really just have difficulty with indecision as a whole. What's so difficult about deciding amongst themselves what a group of people wants to do? Are people afraid of their ideas being "shot down" or of rejection so they'd rather say nothing to spare themselves the pain of their ideas not being the one that was chosen?
Hell, what they don't realize is that those of us who seem to be pushy in making these decisions are actually not that thrilled with taking the responsibility! We'd be happy for someone to come up with something. What are you going to lose if you do speak up? Most likely, nothing...
I was thinking that maybe this is just a female trait. You know, this whole impatient thing... Like those of us that sit around and wait for that guy that we really like (and are afraid to admit it until we're sure it's reciprocated) to say that they love you (or like you). Maybe it's in our hard wiring. I've been told that men just don't like to commit to anything (even about that new haircut that you've had) but I've been experiencing this a lot lately with women as well. I just don't think that it's that easily defined.
Again, maybe it's just the moon...
It's gotta be something! Today, I stared dreamily out the window of the bus when it drove by this women's formal & wedding dress shop at that pale pink organza gown. The scary thing is that I started having these "princess"-type thoughts that even a shake of the head couldn't stop. What finally did stop me was realizing that there was no way I was going to fit into that tiny size two.
There's nothing worse than the slap of reality to cure a girl of her princess thoughts....
Especially if you can imagine yourself trying to fit into that same dress and it being a struggle to fit it onto one of your arms (let alone your entire body) because that's the only way you'd really be able to say that you tried it on. Once those dresses go past about a size four, they don't make you look like a princess anymore... More like the Michelin man trying to be a princess...
Wow. That's a really funny image that just popped into my head.
Anyway, I'd like to say thank you so much to Ms. Slovakia who helped me put my disappointment into perspective today. You're absolutely correct! I don't know what I'd do without you!
By the way, on a final note , can anyone tell me why people come to internet cafes and then after looking things up, make a really loud call from their mobile phone? It's bad enough to have to deal with the noise but then they share information like their email addresses, telephone numbers and credit card information. If I hadn't been typing this out today, I would have shared this person's phone number with all of you so that you could give her a call!
Lastly, it appears that there was a Sixth Foot found near Campbell River.
There has to be a reason, besides my high expectations of those in my peripheral, for me being quite irritated with folks. I'd like to blame the effects of the moon but the truth is, I've just lost my patience. I'm having trouble understanding the unwillingness of people to make any sort of commitment nowadays.
Why is this? Why is it so difficult for people to commit to even a simple invitation to an event in the near future? It's not like they're telling someone something serious like "I love you" and for sure, unless they're not sure of their work schedule, they pretty much know if there's going to be a scheduling conflict. So, why the apprehension?
Not wanting to rant about something that might just be an overreaction on my part, I ran it by a couple of people today in my office. There's a good cross-section of people in the office with differing levels of organizational skills so I felt safe in bringing it up. I found many differing levels of what they thought but one of my coworkers was telling me that she felt the same way as I did. In fact, she said, when she was younger, she always felt that the indecision of her friends often meant that she ended up planning things because she couldn't stand the "I don't know" response to "So, what should we do tonight?".
This has always been a problem for me. Oftentimes people just assume that I'm being pushy however, what they don't realize is that I really just have difficulty with indecision as a whole. What's so difficult about deciding amongst themselves what a group of people wants to do? Are people afraid of their ideas being "shot down" or of rejection so they'd rather say nothing to spare themselves the pain of their ideas not being the one that was chosen?
Hell, what they don't realize is that those of us who seem to be pushy in making these decisions are actually not that thrilled with taking the responsibility! We'd be happy for someone to come up with something. What are you going to lose if you do speak up? Most likely, nothing...
I was thinking that maybe this is just a female trait. You know, this whole impatient thing... Like those of us that sit around and wait for that guy that we really like (and are afraid to admit it until we're sure it's reciprocated) to say that they love you (or like you). Maybe it's in our hard wiring. I've been told that men just don't like to commit to anything (even about that new haircut that you've had) but I've been experiencing this a lot lately with women as well. I just don't think that it's that easily defined.
Again, maybe it's just the moon...
It's gotta be something! Today, I stared dreamily out the window of the bus when it drove by this women's formal & wedding dress shop at that pale pink organza gown. The scary thing is that I started having these "princess"-type thoughts that even a shake of the head couldn't stop. What finally did stop me was realizing that there was no way I was going to fit into that tiny size two.
There's nothing worse than the slap of reality to cure a girl of her princess thoughts....
Especially if you can imagine yourself trying to fit into that same dress and it being a struggle to fit it onto one of your arms (let alone your entire body) because that's the only way you'd really be able to say that you tried it on. Once those dresses go past about a size four, they don't make you look like a princess anymore... More like the Michelin man trying to be a princess...
Wow. That's a really funny image that just popped into my head.
Anyway, I'd like to say thank you so much to Ms. Slovakia who helped me put my disappointment into perspective today. You're absolutely correct! I don't know what I'd do without you!
By the way, on a final note , can anyone tell me why people come to internet cafes and then after looking things up, make a really loud call from their mobile phone? It's bad enough to have to deal with the noise but then they share information like their email addresses, telephone numbers and credit card information. If I hadn't been typing this out today, I would have shared this person's phone number with all of you so that you could give her a call!
Lastly, it appears that there was a Sixth Foot found near Campbell River.
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