HEARTBROKEN
Man. Sometimes people come into your life and they teach you how to be a better person. Over the past six months, I have lost three friends who, at one point, taught me to take pleasure in the simple things in life. They gave me the gift of laughter and of beautiful memories. As life will have it, things must change. I am heartbroken by this, but I will forever hold what they taught me close to my heart. I will throw away the recent moments of turmoil and hatred and will instead cling to those moments that showed me what a beautiful gift life is.
Life is beautiful.
Laughter is a blessing.
I am so thankful.
I’m already gone.
05-11-2010
I'M NOT DATING HIM, YOU ARE
No he cannot come with.
Why is it that when my friends start dating some new guy, I have to essentially start dating him? It's like every time I want to hang out, the response is "well, can [insert man-of-the-moment's name here] come too? ... do you mind?" YES I MIND. I mean man-of-the-moment is usually tolerable, but there is a reason that I don't date and there is certainly a reason that I don't date the types of people that you date. Furthermore, did y'all get fused together at some point in my absence and I missed it? I cannot fathom why, because you have been dating for a week, two weeks, tops, that you cannot function without him. Give it a damn rest. I'm sure you'll call me when he pisses you off and you'll send me an inappropriate invitation (See Below) to hang out in his absence. Get the hell out of here with that.
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05-11-2010
INVITATION ETIQUETTE
It's called common courtesy.
In today's text-obsessed world, common courtesy has disappeared. I am here to tell you what is not an appropriate invitation, whether via text, e-mail, Facebook, or *gasp* in person.
1.) The "You're a last resort" invite.
Absolutely not OK, under any circumstances. This has happened to me twice by the same person. The invite, by text of course, went something like this: "Ugh. Apparently [Insert man-of-the-moment's name here] doesn't want to do anything with me on his [insert important day here]. Do you want to go get drinks or something?" What??? Are you really serious? I cannot believe ANYONE would think this is an OK way to invite someone to do something. This is one of those situations where less IS more. Jesus. Leave some information out. In my book, this text didn't even warrant a response. DENIED!
2.) The "it won't kill me if you come" invite.
Gee. Thanks. My friend tells me that she will get a hold of me on Friday to hang out and do something. Well, Friday night rolls around , it's like oh 9:30, I get a text saying: "Hey we are all going downtown, you can come with us." HUH?? Well don't I feel absolutely freakin' honored by that invite. This could have been less inappropriate if she had just implied that my presence was of meaning, a simple "you should come with." In my mind, the text she sent basically said, we don't give a crap if you're there or not, but I said I'd get a hold of you. Again, WRONG. Do not do this.
These are the two examples that I can think of right now. I am sure to add more inappropriate invites as time goes by.
