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stuntcat

(12,022 posts)
45. I'm so glad for the internet
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 11:54 AM
Feb 2012

I 'know' some great people online now who remind me that people don't all suck.

My MI-L doesn't think she's toxic, but the reason she's constantly so happy and laughing is because nothing phases her, she has a hard hard heart. Except when it comes to tiny infants (only the humans) and for them she goes absolutely crazy. The fact I won't make one is why she wishes I'd died. I just don't belong in her life.
For her I think it's more than just their cuteness too. I think it comes from the urge inside to make more and more people.. babies give her a RUSH.
I'm baffled at how she raised someone as gentle as my husband. It shows how unique people are, no matter what they came from.

Seems like almost every encounter with people lately just shows me there is nothing wrong with how I am, I'm just fine. And with the mass going crazier and more suicidal all the time, I'll just keep backing away

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Are you really me? You sound exactlly like me. My wife and I have one teddy51 Dec 2011 #1
Right age range. Are we just harder to get along with in this decade? Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #13
Yes! Gotta run right now, but will be back to edit this with more later... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #2
Yes. LiberalAndProud Dec 2011 #3
Well said. Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #14
I'm the same way... StarlightGold Jan 2012 #36
I'm grateful to time. As time passed, I became more outspoken (thank goodness) Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #4
Laughter is a great ice breaker and it soothes ever conversational "oddities." Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #15
Practicing laughter might not be a bad idea!!! Particularly if you love Leah Ramini :) Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #25
I have been an outsider most of my life. Have changed my expectations of "... a close social group." patrice Dec 2011 #5
Maybe you are younger....when I was young I had lots of acquaintances... Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #16
Sounds a lot like my husband and me nadine_mn Dec 2011 #6
I know what you mean about that BFF to do things with... Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #17
Leave me with my dogs and I'm fine, even on a bad day. People, not so much. eom Purveyor Dec 2011 #7
I guess I would be considered a terrible person but I do prefer animals to people ++++ Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #18
My worst day with my dogs (ie total mayhem/destruction of sofa) is better than my best day w/ humans nadine_mn Dec 2011 #20
I worked for a woman who saw them as just animals. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #28
Sounds like me with my cat! My cat and I are best of friends. RKP5637 Jan 2012 #34
ditto. n/t. okieinpain Dec 2011 #8
I'm the same way. Speck Tater Dec 2011 #9
I guess I'm needier than you are but I'm trying to change! Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #19
Maybe I forogt to mention this, but I DO have a teddy bear. :) nt Speck Tater Dec 2011 #24
You're lucky to live fairly close to your sibs/mother shanti Dec 2011 #26
Thanks. russspeakeasy Dec 2011 #10
I don't mind humanity all that much, it's people that get on my last nerve. I have little monmouth Dec 2011 #11
Obviously I'm of two minds. I'm a loner all my life but I wish I had a few close friends. Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #22
I understand. eilen Dec 2011 #12
I can echo much of what you say - esp hot/cold nadine_mn Dec 2011 #21
Restaurants are a much easier get together, I agree. Peregrine Took Dec 2011 #23
We must have been separated at birth! FLyellowdog Dec 2011 #30
Well, then I am in trouble, because you sound just like me and I am 29. iris27 Dec 2011 #27
Wow.......others just like me......:) Scottybeamer70 Dec 2011 #29
WOW...didn't realize there were so many of us... Zoigal Dec 2011 #31
We don't do holidays. CrispyQ Dec 2011 #32
I think sometimes one reaches the point where they get tired of the BS in life. It seems RKP5637 Jan 2012 #33
Wow, you all sound like me. Still Blue in PDX Jan 2012 #35
I'm 26... LoveMeLoveYou Feb 2012 #37
I have never liked people very much. MadrasT Feb 2012 #38
I'm much younger, but I feel much the same. shcrane71 Feb 2012 #39
My experiences with people horrify and scar me.. people where I live anyway. stuntcat Feb 2012 #40
I "divorced" my entire toxic family years ago...it's been great! dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #41
I have "divorced" everyone on my life who is toxic. MadrasT Feb 2012 #42
Makes a hell of a difference, doesn't it? dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 #43
Unfortunately I am still a corporate wage slave. MadrasT Feb 2012 #44
I'm so glad for the internet stuntcat Feb 2012 #45
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Two instances stand out clearly in my mind. Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #59
Interesting thread, Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #60
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