Whether in the clouds, or down in the dumps, I gotta be me

Lincoln Adams | May 18, 2009 @ 2:18 pm

Yesterday I got a snarky email from a reader over my last post, where she said merely what an “uplifting” read my post was. I asked her if she was being sarcastic and got this response:

Absolutely. I think I was wrong about you. I was under the impression that you were the type of person who turns lemons into lemonade. But this last post makes me wonder if you have a bad case of sour grapes … Nobody wants to hang out with a whiner.

So I wrote back and told her nobody likes to hang out with a judgmental haggish little prude either, and man she just gets bent all out of shape, demands that I unsubscribe her from my “depressive” blog and announces that she will also be blocking me from Twitter.

You know, I really dislike it when people don’t allow you to be yourselves. It’s like you’re not allowed to express any kind of negative emotion or feeling because that might somehow disrupt their Oprah run universe where the law of attraction applies and little pink bunnies prance through lush, dewy meadows.

So I whine. It’s what I do. I can’t always turn lemon into lemonades. I can’t always be happy 24 hours a day. And yes I know no matter how bad I have it sometimes, there are always people in far worse predicaments than me. But that knowledge doesn’t automatically take the pain away.

And like I told Miss Stupid Haggish Ho Bag Prude, my blog is an outlet of how I feel at that moment when I write, whether good or bad. It’s not meant to be a perpetually uplifting read (although it can be for the right people.) But this thing where people try to keep you locked in a box and dictate how you must feel or act gets old real fast. As a popular saying goes: if you can’t accept me at my worst, then you certainly don’t deserve me at my best either.

Besides, people are always in a constant state of transition. Just because they haven’t learned an important truth now doesn’t mean it won’t finally sink in later. We live, we make mistakes, and the wiser among us will learn from the experience. But people who judge you without taking the time to get to know you and who jump at the first HINT of a different opinion should really just get bent. I understand now why so many people put on a front because the fear of being rejected and left alone is so palpable and real. It doesn’t bother me as much because I’m used to being alone, and most times I even prefer it.

What DOES bother me though is watching how people take an immediate liking to me, thinking I am just about the greatest guy on earth, and meanwhile they don’t have a CLUE about who I really am. They just like some preconceived notion of me, which depresses me to no end because I know the minute they see something they don’t like, they will cut and run. We can’t talk about it like adults or just accept that there will be differences between us. No, I absolutely HAVE to conform to their criteria and expectations or otherwise I am just not worth the doo doo of their shoes. Nice.

Not everyone is like that, thankfully. People who don’t initially know me well end up still liking me even when I show my dark side, and for that I’m grateful (if still somewhat surprised by it.)

Or maybe they are just drawn to the power of the dark side.  :naughty:


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26 Responses to “Whether in the clouds, or down in the dumps, I gotta be me”

Michelle (The BearTwinsMom) wrote a comment on May 18, 2009 @ 02:23:pm
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Gee, I could have written what you wrote about acceptance and judgment. That person who blocked you is a dolt.

(((HUGS))) to you. I think you’re great, no matter what mood you’re in.

Shelby wrote a comment on May 18, 2009 @ 02:26:pm
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Not to mention, that perhaps writing is a catharsis, and a healthy one at that. You could turn to drugs, drinking or other abusive behaviors to deal with what is upsetting you. I also like to writing and in the past had similar followers/unfollowers on given blogs I have kept
Also it is just one small aspect of you, and so much in writing is up for interpretation. I have jumped gun on emails, texts and so on. Unless she is your twin or able to follow your every move how is she to know all of what you are. Shame on her for judgment like that

Plus there are no “negative” feelings. They are just feelings. You cannot be told how you must or must not feel about something. You simply own them take responsibility and go from there.
I get angry and brooding. It is me. Yeah perhaps some may also label it negative but you know what, it is what also enables me to be active rather than passive and compassionate and intuitive. So there.
Her loss.

Kelly wrote a comment on May 18, 2009 @ 02:45:pm
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You’re cranky, you’re hopeless when it comes to women, you’r e disgruntled…but most of the time you’re funny, highly intelligent, charismatic, entertaining, and caring. and those of us who know you know all this. What’s the use of having friends who only want to be with you during the GOOD times? We all go through pretty dark times and we need people who are willing to listen, sympathize and not kick us when we’re down.

From all the friends I have, I know some of us have differences…HUGE differences. You learn not to talk about them or to talk about them respectfully with your friends. If you don’t LIKE what they have to say, you shut up about it, simply put. There is NO USE in telling a friend “I disagree” on the internet. Chances are they are just venting their point of view and submitting a contrary view is usually only saying, “I don’t care about our friendship as much as I care about proving I am right and you are wrong.”

I got to a point where I didn’t care who I offended, for a while, and I only wanted to surround myself with people who were exactly like me. I’m starting to learn not to compromise, but to be selective about my battles. Sounds like the “friend” who blocked you hasn’t learned this lesson yet.

I feel fortunate to know you. It’s a shame your other friend doesn’t realize you’d probably have been there for her in her darkest times. God forbid she ever goes through any hard times…Who will be there for her? She’d better make a lot of friends with amnesia or Alzheimer’s.

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on May 18, 2009 @ 05:35:pm
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@Michelle: Thanks for that and the hug. :hug:

@Shelby: I agree, writing is a great outlet but for some reason a lot of people can’t seem to understand that. Nobody freaks out over Stephen King’s material ya know. :nyah:

@Kelly: Hey, hey HEY! Who are you calling cranky?? :tongue:

Nobody is ever going to agree with you 100 percent on everything. I argue with my own parents for crying out loud and we share the same belief system ad verbatim.

I used to throw temper tantrums when people didn’t share my worldview not because I didn’t respect them, but because I didn’t want to to be the only flipping guy in the world who thought the way I did. It’s a lonely existence otherwise. Nowadays I’ve mellowed out some though. :D

Sabrina wrote a comment on May 18, 2009 @ 09:02:pm
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everyone who doesn’t want to hang out with a whiner will be alone, forever. everyone whines, and nobody needs friends who can only handle fair weather. her loss. ;)

Anita Hump wrote a comment on May 18, 2009 @ 11:42:pm
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Be youself, Linc. Be yourself over here over there and everywhere. Just tone your whoriness down a tad bit;) and you might meet a girl who isnt bitter, loaded with disease, or an unwed mother.

Melissa wrote a comment on May 19, 2009 @ 07:20:am
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It is your unabashed sharing of emotions that appeals to me the most. I force myself to be up most of the time. I think I vicariously share your “whining” and I love your descriptive terms (like haggish and snarky!) and then go around saying them and it makes me feel better! hahahahaha. I admire people who are unfettered. Some people are just jealous! ;-)

J wrote a comment on May 20, 2009 @ 01:29:am
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But you say it all so much more eloquently than I could. Please don’t stop.

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on May 21, 2009 @ 12:16:am
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…and you might meet a girl who isnt bitter, loaded with disease, or an unwed mother.

So I should look outside the U.S. then?

:D

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on May 21, 2009 @ 12:18:am
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@Melissa: Thanks, sometimes I try to show tact and restrain myself but that never lasts too long. :naughty:

@J: I don’t plan to, unless a meteor happens to drop on me. :)

Anita Hump wrote a comment on May 21, 2009 @ 02:03:am
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You’d be severely limiting your options if you only look outside of the US, Lincypoopsie. America has some of the finest whores in the world and it would be a shame for you to deny yourself the pleasure of an ‘experienced woman’.

Is your dreamgirl some repressed virgin who cant say the word sex, without blushing and stammering? Just because someone isnt ‘active’ doesnt mean she is some pure, unsullied angel. :nyah: It could just as easily mean she’s emotionally and physically cold or that no man has ever wanted to hit that due to some unfortunate physical or personality trait.

Sure hope this helps. :P

Casey wrote a comment on May 21, 2009 @ 05:06:pm
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Anita – It could also mean that’s she has some self-respect. Whore.

Lincypoopsie..tee-hee.

Anita Hump wrote a comment on May 22, 2009 @ 12:43:am
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Lincypoopsie, or it could mean that she frequents dating sites but nobody wants to date her after seeing her picture. Or she’s under the false illusion that she has self respect, when in reality she has never been hit on by an actual breathing human.

Anita Hump wrote a comment on May 23, 2009 @ 04:06:am
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Casey – such language for a champion of the lonely and unloved. You kiss your mama with that mouth? :nyah:

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on May 23, 2009 @ 12:53:pm
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Anita, any relation to Ivana Hump by the way? :D

Anita Hump wrote a comment on May 24, 2009 @ 12:58:am
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Poopsie, that’s my cousin!!!! You know, I think I met a friend of yours the other day. His name was Ne’er Bin Laid, does that ring a bell? :angelgrin:

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on May 24, 2009 @ 12:02:pm
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… … … … Bite me ho bag.

Chris wrote a comment on May 25, 2009 @ 12:40:am
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You know what, people like that can just go put a bullet in their whiny, judgmental skulls for all I care. If you’re feeling bitchy, write a bitchy post. Hell, I do some of my funniest writing when I’m pissed off. **** ‘em, I say. Keep writing whatever the hell you want.

Glad I found your blog (ye olde Blogge Catalogue strikes again).

Chris
cdmauger.blogspot.com

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on May 25, 2009 @ 01:14:pm
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Um, thanks? LOL

Glad that $60 I spent to promote my site on Blog Catalog didn’t go to waste. :D

sj wrote a comment on May 28, 2009 @ 11:02:am
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I don’t get involved personally on the web… I just read BUT your friends all gave you very wise advice… I assume this person was your wot problem…It is fixed today BTW

Conservative Belle wrote a comment on June 15, 2009 @ 02:14:pm
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Sorry for the delayed comment on this post, but I was going to suggest that instead of making lemonade or grape juice that you mix them.

I always did like mixing the flavors of Kool-Aid. :koolaid: Oh yeah!

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on June 15, 2009 @ 04:32:pm
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I bet you just said that so you’d have an excuse to use my Kool-Aid smiley didn’t ya. ;)

Martini Girl wrote a comment on June 15, 2009 @ 08:19:pm
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A-farking-men Linc! I just went through something like this on my blog not to long ago with someone who I thought was a friend. (It’s someone you know too) I wrote a sarcastic/negative post about the crap job I got with little to no pay, no benefits and seriously, who wants to be a cashier at WM when you have been a corporate Training Manager with a 14 year professional career? This person basically jumped all over me for me having my feelings and complaints. Not only that, but this person went on to judge and nit pick on my physical, professional, educational flaws – or what she considers flaws in the blog comments. On top of that, started in on my friends who were defending my post and questioning who they were. Extremely judgmental and doesn’t seem to get it when someone is down and just trying to figure out their own way on how to get through it and trying to explain the “real world” of this economy to the people who are truly dealing with the unbelievable craziness of it. I get EXACTLY what you are saying in this post.

Martini Girl wrote a comment on June 15, 2009 @ 08:21:pm
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And by the way, that Kool-Aid man smiley is su-weet! Oh Yeah!

Lincoln Adams wrote a comment on June 15, 2009 @ 10:01:pm
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I think people who do that are in a way projecting dissatisfaction with their own lives on to other people. I can understand if some whines and moans all the flipping day every fricking day of the week, but if someone is at a low point and needs a therapeutic release somehow, that’s a horse of a different color altogether. Shame on people who expect us to maintain a sunny disposition 24 hours a day. It’s unrealistic and even unhealthy.


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