Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone.
Today on Facebook, an acquaintance of mine posted that he wants to start running. He talked a bit about some specific goals. It was a very positive, upbeat sort of status update. One of his followers responded with a comment that amounted to, "I wish I could run. My knee can't take the repeated stress." That comment annoyed me. It took my friend's
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A bad day - as you say - is a bad day. But when all you do is gripe, bitch, moan and complain, I really don't want to be part of it.
For me what I can't stand is the women who gripe about their husbands. I always feel awkward when moms i know sit around and complain about their husbands -- and the lack of what they do, how they are at home, how they are with the kids, etc etc. They always tell me how *lucky* and *fortunate* I am to have a husband who is a partner and shares the load with me. I'm always quite honestly shocked to find out they do not. So while I listen, very rarely will I disparage my husband in a bitch session.
As for the posts about kids, I don't blame you. As you said, everyone has a bad day now and again. But when the bad days become the norm, I could see not wanting to be part of that.
Incidentally I had never heard that phrase about crying alone. It's a good one, and it rings true for me.
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