woes of the middleman
that is my life. basically, because i am a generally amiable person and i tend to be friends with lots of people i get stuck in the middle of arguements ALL OF THE TIME> person A and person B both seek me out for advice and council, or more often than not, to trash the other person. because these people are both my friends, i am stuck in the middle. i don't want to join in on the insult bandwagon because they are both my friends, but i don't want to lead them to believe that i don't care about their opinions.
this perticular instance is between dan's girlfriend and a friend of mine from orchestra. they both are quintessentially important to me, but apparently they do not hold the same view of eachother. the issue is over prom and a green day concert. i don't really know what is going on, because i only recieve spliced versions of the issue. i just wish that they could reconcile their differences and be friends again.
i am actually bad at arguements. it takes a lot to make me really really angry, and when i do, i get really really angry. i'm like mount saint stansell. so little annoyances tend to bounce right off my tough skin. more potent insults are assimilated, but no outwardly effect is perceieved. so it all accumulates. like a thunderstorm. when anger is unleashed, innocent bystanders tend to be lost in the shuffle.
because of my high tolerance, people like me and be friends. but then they fight with eachother and tell me about it. i don't mind people venting to me when something upsets them, but i warm them not to be angry when i am honest with them. if they are being retarded, i will let them know.
posted by bartholdy's slave @ 08:15
3 Comments:
I'll allow you to call me retarded if I maintain the same right :p.
It intrigued me that you don't get into trashing people because of your strong relational bonds to them. I thought you were more of a recluse than that. j/k. When I'm presented with proposals to dislike other people, I almost always veto them. I'm just not good at hating people; it takes so much effort and it's no fun at all.
This is ironic to me. There was a certain weedkiller you wanted me to join you in despising...
Honestly, I have no idea why she was pissed at me in the first place.
dan,
hating people is something i am also no good at. allthough, for weedkillers, i make special exceptions. and i don't hate them.
amanda,
she was angry because you had allegedly been acting terse towards her when she spoke of the tickets or going to the concert. don't worry. i propose we all forget about it and be friends again? please?
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