"I hate to be an Asshole....BUT...."
(That's It. I'm exhaling.)
I've stated many times that I'm a reasonable, "easy to get along with" man. I like to laugh, I like honest GENUINE people who make me laugh, and in some cases, if you are one of the select few people I feel who are "on the level", I will go out of my way to get acquainted with you.
What I CAN'T STAND, is people who mistake my kindness for a weakness. Seriously, I HATE to be an asshole, but the LAST thing I'll have in my life is someone who thinks they're "getting one by" on me just because I consider (or considered) them to be a friend at one point in time.
Maybe I'm just foaming at the mouth here, but to THIS man, a "personal" relationship/friendship with someone is something that I value more than any job, amount of money, or material possession I could possibly acquire.
However....
I came to the realization a long time ago, that as long as I breathe, friendship shall be viewed upon by me the same way that "love" (or at least, this man's IDEA of love) is:
Fragile.
As I view love, friendship is something that takes time to build, and only ONE misstep to fuck up. I have never been one to sit on my ass for hours on end beating myself up over whether or not (insert name here) is being real with me. Thus, unless informed otherwise, my actions are dictated by the actions set forth in front of my own two eyes.
(I'm a firm believer that life is short....live life to the fullest....each day as if it were your last....blah, blah, blaaaahhhh.....)
One of my goals in life is to be as real as I can be with EVERYONE that I acquaint myself with. Apparently, requiring that same respect from some people who I consider (or considered) close to me is too much to ask.
But maybe I'M crazy....
- R.
I've stated many times that I'm a reasonable, "easy to get along with" man. I like to laugh, I like honest GENUINE people who make me laugh, and in some cases, if you are one of the select few people I feel who are "on the level", I will go out of my way to get acquainted with you.
What I CAN'T STAND, is people who mistake my kindness for a weakness. Seriously, I HATE to be an asshole, but the LAST thing I'll have in my life is someone who thinks they're "getting one by" on me just because I consider (or considered) them to be a friend at one point in time.
Maybe I'm just foaming at the mouth here, but to THIS man, a "personal" relationship/friendship with someone is something that I value more than any job, amount of money, or material possession I could possibly acquire.
However....
I came to the realization a long time ago, that as long as I breathe, friendship shall be viewed upon by me the same way that "love" (or at least, this man's IDEA of love) is:
Fragile.
As I view love, friendship is something that takes time to build, and only ONE misstep to fuck up. I have never been one to sit on my ass for hours on end beating myself up over whether or not (insert name here) is being real with me. Thus, unless informed otherwise, my actions are dictated by the actions set forth in front of my own two eyes.
(I'm a firm believer that life is short....live life to the fullest....each day as if it were your last....blah, blah, blaaaahhhh.....)
One of my goals in life is to be as real as I can be with EVERYONE that I acquaint myself with. Apparently, requiring that same respect from some people who I consider (or considered) close to me is too much to ask.
But maybe I'M crazy....
- R.