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I used to get a lot of flak for not smiling enough and not being enough of a 'people person". I still get flak for that. Obviously it didn't bother me enough for me to attempt to change, lol.
They didn’t hate me or this about me but they said I was too young to be stressed out. I was worried about my future. They were all wrong and I was right: the stakes for getting a good education and great career path early have never been higher. I am glad I didn’t listen to older people who told me to have more fun. I had my fun in my 20s when I had money! And because I didn’t have any fun in my teens, no boyfriends etc., I also had no kids. 9
Years of good wages and no kids. That was awesome.
People always hated the fact that I was always right. In today's society I mighta had a problem as these days people cannot handle, nor do they wanna hear the truth. This here is a softer generation
My biggest flaw was I was short with people especially the ones who didn't catch on to things as fast as I thought they should.
Folks said I never thought I was wrong - ever. As I've aged, I have grown to realise I am not as perfect as I once thought. I can now admit I was wrong once in 1972.
LOL. I love this part of C-D, for when I am actually retired will be twice as amusing to plumb in-depth. I turn 50 in mere days. I'm well on the way to becoming a curmudgeon. I was born a curmudgeon! If anyone asks ...and they usually don't...if I have, or had, a nickname it's always the same: Ogre. I am a size XL (48R) ogre of a man, then as now, with about the same disposition and willingness to get into it with a passion of pushed just so far...the few times I've asked, people tell me that my BS-o-meter is exceptionally low, thus requiring I keep clear of most people who produce a mountain of it on a daily basis.
Hey, blame the Asperger-y tendencies, I'm somewhere on that Autism Spectrum, pretty sure.
...it's that which people didn't like then, sure don't now, and surely won't when I retire in 10 to 17 years (not sure when I'll be able to, quite yet). I just...don't...give...a....((())) ...what most people think about me, or anything else, that isn't relevant. At all. HOWEVER: I'll spare feelings 99% of the time by simply looking straight ahead and keeping my mouth shut; that has propelled me quite far in business by not being marked down as a troublemaker or loose cannon. I'll supply detailed instructions on "here's what we'll do next" if in-charge. If presenting in a high-performance team, where all input is valuable to overall success, I'll change that to "what if we did (this)..." and be willing to hear, process, improve-upon, or compromise and accept better solutions than what I've proposed.
Little by little, I'm becoming the true me as I age. I'm a loner, it's that simple. I don't fit into boxes, cannot be taken on "couples events" because I usually don't have girlfriends or other dates, being a fly-solo type. "Why don't you have a girlfriend" is met by a bored stare or "I'd sooner drink turpentine and **** on a brushfire." My friend's GFs don't like me, because I'm off doing fun things vs. honey-do's and they're very, very upset that I live quite well indeed with a stylish home that is clean.
People who don't fit into convenent boxes make others very nervous. Very nervous indeed. Don't you think? I revel in upsetting that applecart, watching people squirm when I don't act they way they want.
I'll never live in some damn box again. Carve "He did it His Way" on the tombstone. That 8-ball, ogre-ish, solitary rebel lifestyle really turns many people off, regardless of what they show on the TV or big screen. So, there's an answer....and jeez I'm having a great time creeping up on 50.
I think when I was younger, I could be a bit too brutally honest. I have learned to try and not upset people if I can avoid it. Just don't ask me what I think about something or other....... because I'll tell you what I think of it.........
Although, I am finding nowadays that folks tend to smile when I give an honest comment. Sort of like, "aren't old people so funny...." My wife does tend to get a fixed grin, and say, "come along David...... time we went home."........
I used to be kind of full of myself but now I'm pretty much perfect.
And modest too!
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