Not Sorry

Not one bit.

Ok, so you know how a memory will pop into your head at the least convenient time? And then it makes it so you can’t think of anything else for the next three hours? Well that’s me tonight.

My whole life, I’ve had to apologise to people because they can’t handle who I am. I walk on eggshells around everyone because something about me “offends” them. The way I talk, the things I say, and how I say them tend to be on the top of the list. Best part is the things people get their knickers in a twist over are typically the things they do to me without me pointing it out. You don’t like the way I told you something? Suck it up, Buttercup. We’re adults. You can be a horrible person, but I basically have to treat you like a spoiled two-year-old who hasn’t ever heard the word “no”? Not the way things work.

Then there’s the whole thing about how I’m not “allowed” to be proud of my accomplishments. When I was in high school (let’s not talk about how long ago that was), I was talking to a friend about my dance. I simply mentioned that my team wins and I have a few trophies. Oh, the horror! He lectured me for the next twenty solid minutes on pride and how I shouldn’t “boast”. Dan Smith, you are SO one to talk! Your ego couldn’t make it through an industrial-size door.

My favorite, however, is how offended people get when I give them the opinion that they asked for. If I ask for yours and don’t like it, I say “thanks” and move on with my life.

In a country so “tolerant”, there are an awful lot of intolerant people. Funny that it’s usually the ones claiming to be so tolerant. 

So how about we all work on not being so fragile? Not everything someone does “wrong” needs to be announced. Things they do “right”, however, need to be said. Even if it’s just between the two of you.

Side note: As I know some will take it this way... I am in NO WAY saying I don’t fall into the “fragile” category. We all get upset at things people do and say. It’s just super annoying when people feel the need to point out and needle at everything, instead of just accepting the person as-is and moving on.