Apparently, sometimes trying to be the better person in a situation where the other one seems to be either pure evil or just really-really damaged, is just stupid. Trying to stay out of someone’s way because you know it will be paved with lies, betrayal and most of all, hurt. Trying to take a step back to avoid people you love getting hurt in the process. None of it helps – you still stand with pretty much nothing, because you didn’t lie and throw dirt. What did Jesus mean by turning the other cheek? Apparently, all that ever does is bite you in the ass. 🙂
And please stop making stuff up about me so you can excuse your own hateful and bitter behavior. The truth always comes out, you should know that by know!Â
Nobody sane is ever going to admit to doing evil things but if you make them choose between “lesser” evils, it is considered our civic duty. Politicians do it! Fuck them is what I say! Step back and use the little grey cells – there’s gotta be a way around it.
Jesus was a bronze age hippie. Gods know what they smoked in those days..
And yes, you do want to live on this planet. You’ve just forgotten that you do!
i suppose you’re right… but at some point it feels like you’re trying to prove to the world who you really are and that your intentions are sincere but all the shit that gets thrown around means more. i don’t know. i had a bad, bitter day. but the planet itself is okay, i agree. and there are loads of fantastic people on it, too. like you, for example 🙂
for what it is worth, it is never easy to be the Bigger person. It sucks. Both parties degrade themselves when they get in a cursing or spitting match. Kudos to you for knowing the difference! I think it reflects the way were were raised when we chose the high road, as much as it reflects the raising the way the other is acting. And God is watching. In the end there are more important things to focus our energies on, like that adorable little ‘heiress’ of yours. Good luck
you know how to write a great punchline – i love how you always put things in perspective and know how to support me. 🙂 and i agree with what you say about knowing the difference between right or wrong showing how we were raised – really makes you want to avoid all those mistakes when raising your own kids!
The planet is good but the people on it are mostly idiots. Taking the highway is overrated, just like trust and honesty. Everyone lies and cheats.
Cynical much? Yes but so much easier to live like this. Treat me badly and betray my trust once -shame on you. Treat me badly and betray my trust twice – shame on me. And yes if (s)he does it once, (s)he’ll do it again. You’d only be wasting your pretty little cheeks and precious time.
Also, Jesus only lived until 33 and died through crucifixion by the ones he turned his other cheek to. You wanna take his advice, really?????
Yes! And he also told people to “take no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.” How silly and irresponsible. Thank goodness he had no heiresses!
i have no interest in becoming cynical – being able to blindly trust those around me has always worked well enough, until this once when i did all the good in the world and ended up having to prove i’m not evil to the people around me. it was a shitty judgement call and i have no intention of “making new friends” anytime soon or ever again. i had no business devoting myself to a complete stranger like that and it bit me in the ass. 🙂 luckily, she’s way out of my life now and the rest will settle itself! it always does…
I don’t have a miracle advice to give you to make you feel better, but I’ll tell what I did when I had to deal with bitter, evil persons: I distanced myself from them. It was one of the best decisions of my life and my family is much happier now. For seven years I have tried to be understanding and polite and tried my best to help them, just to find out in the end that they appreciated nothing and worse , they were planning to destroy my life. I stepped away and cut all contact and things started to get better and better afterwards. So, to conclude, I can now say from my experience, that it’s better to stay away from evil people. You’re loosing your time trying to reason with them and the amount of stress they’re causing you is slowly eroding your happiness. I hope things will turn out good for you.
that’s what irritates me the most – i did distance myself, but it seems that in order to distance myself from that person, i have to cut out everyone who’s ever been in contact with her from my life. the lies and rumors that are being spread about me are really taking their toll and constantly looking over my shoulder and being paranoid about who i can and cannot trust is really becoming exhausting…
but looking on the bright side: genuine people recognize a lie from miles away and i don’t have to worry about losing them to a sociopath. and she seems to be calming down so maybe it will all blow over soon.
to you, sweetheart – thank you for always being there for me. i really needed that support when i wrote this post. i was tired and hurting and your words picked me right up. i’m so grateful! <3