After having had a wonderful weekend, someone said something to me today that was meant to be incredibly cruel. Call it jealousy or just pettiness, what was said and by whom is not the point. The point was I totally didn’t take it that way he meant. I actually felt like it was a compliment so I gave the reply, “thank you.” Said person, I guess could tell I was being sincere and was, of course, infuriated.
Forgetting for the moment why anyone would think it is ok to stoop to such behavior, the comment totally missed the mark on all sides. It wasn’t me hiding hurt, which I could do in my sleep for most people. [1]I may bitch about SID, but she did give me an amazing resilience. It just didn’t hurt. Afterwards, when I had more time to reflect on it, it totally made my day. Having grown enough over the years, it was a random but significant moment that validated years of personal growth.
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| ↑1 | I may bitch about SID, but she did give me an amazing resilience. |
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You’re the sexiest and sweetest guy i’ve never met… so who gives a fuck if someone else thinks something bad of you. 1) their jealous. 2) my opinion is the only one that matters (yeah!) 🙂 <3
It’s one thing to not let harsh words hurt you but what you have experienced here is a much higher level of growth.
Good for you and give yourself another “pat on the back” whatever that may be! 😉
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Why are you choosing to be vague now? What did he call you? Does it rhyme with Car?
Many years ago while on Christmas vacation in Florida, a “girl” from Massachusetts asked for part of my Snickers bar. She was my age, but was always flirting with my older brothers (aka not me), so I didn’t particularly like her. I told her no.
She replied “Your generosity exceeds your good looks.” As nice as a young boy could I thanked her. I come from a big family, but I’ve never really surrounded myself with negative/mean people. I didn’t realize she was trying to insult me until years later. Now over forty years later I still smile thinking how being naive at the time really caused me to do the right thing. (Plus it must have really pissed the bitch off!)
It really pisses them off when you don’t respond negatively to their backhand compliment. It’s lost me a job or two I’m sure.