So it is the middle of the night and I just got up to feed my James. While he was eating his bottle I was sitting in the silence thinking about my recent post and I started worrying that the quick (or maybe not so quick) explanation of my pet peeve (below) might come off sounding a little stronger than I meant it to (I'm not that great of a writer...I'm much better explaining things through talking).
Anyway, I wanted to clarify that I am not offended or upset any time anyone assumes anything about me...especially if I gave them good reason to assume it (the snow example is a good one...If I tell you I hate the snow in February I can certainly understand why you might assume I hate the snow in December as well).
What really bothers me is when someone "tells" me that I feel a certain way about something or like/dislike something because of what they do know about me (the Oprah one is a good example here. I LOVED this one show she did about dating and I recorded it. A friend of mine assumed that because I loved Oprah, and that particular episode, that I agreed with what Oprah had to say in it [which was that being married isn't necessarily an important thing]. OBVIOUSLY I don't agree with her, but my friend insisted that I could not LOVE that episode like I did and support marriage at the same time...it was ridiculous...and it bothered me so much that she pressed the issue, trying to use one thing she correctly understood about me and incorrectly assert another thing about me because of it. By the way, that episode totally helped me decide to marry Marcus... :)
Anywho, I hope that makes sense and clarifies my pet peeve...I don't want the post below to come off too strong or anything.
2 comments:
I am still totally with you! :)
you crack me up. miss ya . . . and totally get what you were saying.
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