Public service announcement: Venting
Just a little warning for all of my wonderful little friends out there.
When shit goes wrong in your life, what do you do? You like to whine about it a little bit, vent about it, just be selfish enough to take the soapbox for a few minutes and talk about the rotten things in your life. That's fine, we all do it, human nature. You'll usually come to find that the majority of people around you have enough rotten things going on in their own lives that they don't want to hear about your's. Or maybe some other friends are part of the problem. Maybe they just don't understand. Maybe they don't listen.
But I have always sat here -- whether it's seeing a screen name online at 11:32 at night, right when you need it; the name on your cell phone that comes up when you're desperately searching; or the calm, unassuming girl at the locker next door. For whatever reason, I find my friends opening up to me. I have always been here as the shoulder to cry on, the person you send the instant message to asking; "Hey... can I tell you about something?" or the one who looks just concerned enough to ask; "What's up?".
I am the one people come to with their problems, and I'm the one who always has some advice to give. At least, this is what I've been told. And I like this. I don't mind it. I like being able to comfort my friends and try to help them through... whatever. So don't quit that.
And you don't have to take my advice. I figure that people want to hear a little something more than a "Uh-huh" or "Wow, that sucks". They'd like to solve the problem. Maybe they'd like a little idea on one way to do it. And I'm not saying I'm right all the time, or that you're obligated to listen to me.
But pisses me off -- and this has happened more than once, now -- is that people do not take my advice, go and fuck things up even more, and then come to me once again to bitch and moan about it. Look, you don't have to take my advice, but sometimes I am right, y'know? Now if you take my advice and mess up and complain about it, fine, my mistake. But I gave you an option to solve your problem and you didn't take it. So why are you still moaning to me about the problem? You obviously don't want to solve it that badly.
The warning is this. If you come complaining to me, and if I give you advice, and if you don't take that advice and you fuck things up even worse, do not get angry at me when I tell you to fuck off the next time. And don't wonder why I'm irritated when you come to me again saying; "My life is still messed up even though I didn't even try to solve iiiiiiiiit~"
Thank you and good night.
When shit goes wrong in your life, what do you do? You like to whine about it a little bit, vent about it, just be selfish enough to take the soapbox for a few minutes and talk about the rotten things in your life. That's fine, we all do it, human nature. You'll usually come to find that the majority of people around you have enough rotten things going on in their own lives that they don't want to hear about your's. Or maybe some other friends are part of the problem. Maybe they just don't understand. Maybe they don't listen.
But I have always sat here -- whether it's seeing a screen name online at 11:32 at night, right when you need it; the name on your cell phone that comes up when you're desperately searching; or the calm, unassuming girl at the locker next door. For whatever reason, I find my friends opening up to me. I have always been here as the shoulder to cry on, the person you send the instant message to asking; "Hey... can I tell you about something?" or the one who looks just concerned enough to ask; "What's up?".
I am the one people come to with their problems, and I'm the one who always has some advice to give. At least, this is what I've been told. And I like this. I don't mind it. I like being able to comfort my friends and try to help them through... whatever. So don't quit that.
And you don't have to take my advice. I figure that people want to hear a little something more than a "Uh-huh" or "Wow, that sucks". They'd like to solve the problem. Maybe they'd like a little idea on one way to do it. And I'm not saying I'm right all the time, or that you're obligated to listen to me.
But pisses me off -- and this has happened more than once, now -- is that people do not take my advice, go and fuck things up even more, and then come to me once again to bitch and moan about it. Look, you don't have to take my advice, but sometimes I am right, y'know? Now if you take my advice and mess up and complain about it, fine, my mistake. But I gave you an option to solve your problem and you didn't take it. So why are you still moaning to me about the problem? You obviously don't want to solve it that badly.
The warning is this. If you come complaining to me, and if I give you advice, and if you don't take that advice and you fuck things up even worse, do not get angry at me when I tell you to fuck off the next time. And don't wonder why I'm irritated when you come to me again saying; "My life is still messed up even though I didn't even try to solve iiiiiiiiit~"
Thank you and good night.