7/11/12

Ranty McRant Rant

One thing that really bothers me is when people complain that nobody likes them. Instead of complaining about it all the time to people who can't make others like you, why don't you just try and do something about it yourself?

Face the reality here, it's not possible for every single person you meet to hate you. Unless you're a criminal or something but hey even then you can find some criminal friends (if that makes you feel better). This is the main reason I get angry/annoyed when people just assume other people won't like them just because they exist or something. If you go in with that attitude, the other person will pick up on it.

For so long I tried to get people's approval of me and what for? I quickly realized they weren't even really people I wanted to hang out with anyways. If someone can't accept me for who I am and how I act then the friendship just won't work. You can try as much as possible to force it to work for as long as you can but in the end it'll just crumble apart.

This is not to say I like the people who have the "this is me so deal with it" attitude. Sometimes we really do have flaws that we need to sort out for ourselves and if we don't recognize it even after people have told us about it, then it'll never go away. It might hurt to hear certain things from friends, but if they really are your friend you should take their criticism and really think about it and if it's valid. The only person who can change you is yourself.

The big thing here I wanted to rant about is how people say "forever alone" all the time and just assume they will never find what they are looking for. There is the possibility that you won't find it, but in the end people can end up having something even better that they didn't even know they wanted in the first place. This is especially so when they aren't really "alone". I know the definition of "forever alone" is supposed to be about having a girlfriend/boyfriend but I can guarantee that 95% or so of the people who constantly say this have people who care about them. It bothers me because they just don't realize the support system they already have and just want more. It makes it seem like the people you currently have just aren't good enough for you.

Just because you might not have a boyfriend/girlfriend it doesn't mean your life is nothing and you should complain about it to the people you already have. Unless your goal is to chase those people away so you truly can use the phrase "forever alone" and mean it.