Ever since as far back as I could remember I've had a big mouth. Yes, I said it, a big one. Not the kind of big mouth that tells everyone all of your secrets. That's reserved for other definitions of big mouths. My problem, or blessing depending on which way you look at it, has always been that I always say exactly how I feel out loud. I realize that some of you might not see this as an issue at all because you like to surround yourself with "straight-shooters' like myself. Believe me when I tell you, though, that opening my mouth and saying how I felt has gotten me into my share of problems over the years. Sometimes people don't want to hear what you have to say and they just want you to listen. I get that... What I have never understood is society's level of hypocrisy. It's almost as if most people would prefer to wander through life being phony to one another. I can't tell you how many times I have stood in awe as supposed friends and family members have … [Read more...]
Edit Friends…
Recently, I did something on my personal Facebook page that I have done numerous times before. I deleted people from my friends' list that I never interact with or that I felt had requested access to my page for all of the wrong reasons. Just as has happened many times before, a few people seem to have been annoyed by it. I have especially found this to be true with some of my colleagues at work. Let me begin by saying that I don't just add anyone to my personal page. The purpose of creating that page was to stay connected to family members who live far away so that they may see current pictures of my sons and my family and also to communicate with close friends whom I don't see regularly but am still interested in keeping in contact with. Somewhere along the way, I completely deviated from this original plan. I'm not entirely sure why this happened but I am going to speculate that a big part of it had to do with me receiving friend requests from … [Read more...]
Too Much Information…
Am I the only one who is at a loss when other people share too much of their personal business that you didn't want to know? That is precisely what happened to me last year with someone whom I used to work with. A co-worker of mine, whom I am not particularly close to or even friends with, proceeded to tell me all about the problems that she was having with her significant other. I am not a big fan of spreading all of your personal life all over the place. Additionally, I am very selective about the people that I share any information with that has to do with my personal business. As far as my relationship is concerned, that is definitely something that I only discuss with a select group of friends that I have known for years and that I actually trust. That said, there are still aspects of my relationship that I do not even discuss with my closest confidantes. It's not that I do not trust them but, there are certain things that should just be kept between you … [Read more...]
