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07-24-2007, 11:01 AM
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| Member  | Is it just me?
Are you ever annoyed with people that are so (overly) happy and tell about their wonderful life. Wonderful kids. Perfect husband. Expensive car. Beautiful home. Dream job. puke. I look at people that act like that and I know they can't be as happy as they pretend. Am I mean? Or resentful? Or jealous? Or realistic? No one can be that effin happy, can they?
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07-24-2007, 11:09 AM
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I would have to say I feel the same way you do. Puke!!
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07-24-2007, 11:27 AM
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| Living in a Pinkful Place  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Louisiana
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Maybe they are swimming in the River of DeNile
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07-24-2007, 11:30 AM
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i dunno.........as one who came thru the land minds and battlefields of life, i DO love my little life today........every stinkin' bit of it.....i do adore my husband, i do think my kid is wonderful (and also a snot from hell), i dig our little place on the beach, and our scamp of pup......because i finally am able to appreciate and savor all the goodness, and am grateful for the infinite grace bestowed upon us, cuz we sure as hell didn't DESERVE it, know what i mean?
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07-24-2007, 12:17 PM
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I think that's different though. Your life hasn't always been a bed of roses. I know a few people who live around me who just talk as if there have never been any bad times, any trials or troubles they've ever had to struggle with. You think to yourself "yea right". People in glass houses..............
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07-24-2007, 12:39 PM
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anvil -- i thought of this as I typed my original post. Like Loves said......you've been through rough times to get where you are and you don't pretend everything is perfect all of the time. You know, those people that think "But what would the neighbors think?". That's who I'm talking about.
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07-24-2007, 12:57 PM
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Those would be my neighbors  Mr. Paul and Polly perfect all the time. I swear it's like Barbie and Ken in their make believe exsistance. What they fail to realize is although I cannot hear through their walls..........i cold hear him calling her a dumb biatch as she got in her car and slammed the door shut the other day. I feel really bad for those people. It has to be harder to keep up the facade then it is to just be.
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07-24-2007, 01:06 PM
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| Community Greeter  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: FL
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I don't care much for pretentious people- especially if they are arrogant and act superior. I have had a tendency (a big one) to become resentful of people like that...until I realize that it's quite a compliment that they think so much of me that they will do anything to make a good (if false) impression!! I must be pretty important to them if that's true! hehe It's all about 'me'!!! I still prefer honesty but alot of people will not share their lives like we do here in the forums and at meetings. I'm grateful for the honest relationships we can have without all the game playing. The bottom line is that I don't have to let what they do or say interfere with my happiness...or with my sad times either. jmho.
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07-24-2007, 01:19 PM
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| Community Greeter Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: FL
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They must live with fear of failure...how sad when a people are too afraid to be themselves. There's nothing like knowing I am loved for who I am- no matter what I have or how I appear to be.
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07-24-2007, 08:27 PM
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| outtahere Join Date: Nov 2006
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If they really are happy then  . If they really are not then, at least, they are just making me feel better .
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07-24-2007, 09:40 PM
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this is not my thoughts but heard this one time.Guy was talking about how spiritual he was had a new house great job perfect kids and new car. someone else said what say I steal your car,you lose your job,your kids get killed, and your house burns down tommorow. Come back next week tell us how spiritual you are than.
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08-01-2007, 06:18 AM
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| Sunny Side Up  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sth Australia
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Maybe if we focus on becoming better people each day, none of this stuff matters. Im sorry, I just dont even understand the post. People I dont know, dont affect me at all. If the neighbours lawns are perfectly mowed and green, or the car is the latest model, I couldnt care less how they paid or didnt pay for it. No one is perfect and we all have our problems. Its how we see ourselves that matters. Anyway, just my opinion. | |
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08-01-2007, 06:34 AM
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I am happy with my life today, maybe because it's not about things or career or money, maybe because I have found a place where I know the real values are within us and all those "valuables" outside are really no indicator of what goes on in my heart. I have been through hell and back again, I have my share of troubles and struggles, and I know for certain that I am far from perfect...but given the chance, I would not trade one day of my life with that of someone else. To me, that's the real sign of how happy I am. Maybe the difference is that I don't need to brag to my neighbours about it, I can just live it and let them guess.  Hugs
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08-01-2007, 08:17 PM
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OK, I have this friend who sends her Christmas card complete with a photo collage of her frigging kids and husband and house and dog and then she sends a letter, not on the card, but on a separate sheet of paper. OK, it's been photocopied. She sends the same thing to everone! It doesn't even say Dear "Dorothy" It says "Dear friends" Ugh! She mass produces her picture perfect life that I have to say wasn't so picture perfect when we lived closer together. Phew! Glad that's off my chest!
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08-01-2007, 10:35 PM
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No. No. No. Yes. No.
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08-02-2007, 12:18 AM
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| New things have come to light  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Downtown Nashville , TN
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Oneupsmanship. Im happier than you, I have more fun than you. Let me tell you all this stuff so in some sick way I can feel better about myself. least, that my take on it. | |
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