Whining Thread #2

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Zoopsia59 said:
And I'll add a 4:

Everyone has had times of self-absorption / neediness / melodrama in their life at some point. Few people get to a stage of maturity and perspective without having gone through it, and for many people it's not a linear progression from melodrama to maturity. There's a lot of back-and-forthing on the path.

I'm not sure I'd believe anyone who claimed to have never been self-absorbed (etc) or who thought they had shown great maturity all their life.

(Or maybe it's just me that struggles with it.. ;) )
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certainly, however most people, present company not the topic here, are able to show progress over the course of a few years in not making the same error on a regular basis...and when they don't they are going to have to expect that they will burn out their support system
 
fascination said:
certainly, however most people ... are able to show progress over the course of a few years in not making the same error on a regular basis.
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Really? It seems to me that most of the people I know make the same mistakes over and over. I know I do. I would say that "most people" do NOT make much progress on their personal baggage and the ones who do are in the minority.
 
fascination said:
and, I might add, for those that aren't on staff...the ignore function is a beautiful thing
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Yes and no, IMO. I've tried it a few times (present company excluded of course) and you get a cute little message that says you can't see this post because so-and-so is on your ignore list. Uhh... ignore means I don't want to see any evidence of their scurvy existence. lol!
 
Zoopsia59 said:
Really? It seems to me that most of the people I know make the same mistakes over and over. I know I do. I would say that "most people" do NOT make much progress on their personal baggage and the ones who do are in the minority.
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I don't know about most people. I know that I struggle with the same things now as I always have. Sometimes I do better. Sometimes I don't. I had it drilled into me as a child not to "wear out your welcome." So, when I'm struggling with something for the umpteenth time and think my friends are probably already sick of me, I shut the heck up and lean on somebody else or try to make it on my own. Maybe others see that as growth or progress. Maybe it is. I don't know. I can attest, however, that sometimes it's just my awareness that they are tired of seeing me beat the same dead horse, not that I've outgrown beating it. I just hide the horse when they're around, some of the time. *grin*
 
I hate days when I don't get any personal emails. I feel very unloved. Sigh.

I seem to be going through another lonely phase again. I hate these. It doesn't make a lot of sense, given that I see DH more in the evenings than i have for years. But...still...feelin' rather lonely and distant from pretty much everything lately. Double sigh.
 
Good lord it annoys me when I do something very specifically to avoid a repeat of problems I'd had previously, only to have my manager turn around and want it a different way.

Last year, wrote and article and discussed the time frames in a manner similar to what had been done previously. Verdict: while understandable for someone not versed in the subject matter, it was not precise enough. OK. This year, keep that in mind and go for precision. Verdict: while it is precise and accurate, it will just be confusing to someone who isn't too familiar with the subject matter...better to sacrifice some precision for the sake of making it more understandable. Argh. I give up.

Which do you want, people? Tastes great, or less filling?
 
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