Don’t Get Me Wrong
I used to think that I had something generally awesome to offer the world. I share tidbits of it on this blog and spread it around where I can, interjecting into a conversation etc. What I have found time and time again and especially in person while with others, is that no one really cares. No one cares what I have to say, no one holds much weight behind my opinions or even my own personal knowledge gathered from life experiences.
It started to hurt my feelings a bit and then I decided that I wouldn’t care either. When I say not care I don’t mean to the extreme like I’m going to hate the world, or wish others harm or throw garbage out of my car windows as I drive down the road. I just mean that I will continue to believe what I believe and pass that on to my kids but I will not care to waste my time and energy convincing people of reality.
Let them figure it out for themselves, if they come and ask me about it, I will share what I know on the topics but I have given up trying to save the world. I came to this conclusion last nite while at the Great Clips in University Place. I was there getting my two daughters a much needed haircut. There was an older than me gentleman there who decided to strike up a converstaion with me. We talked about kids, and sports and got around to the dicussion of my oldest daughter’s last year soccer team.
I had coached the team and now many of the players had moved on and we don’t have enough players to make a team of our own this year. The girls that did return to our team are in jeapordy of being merged with another team in the league that doesn’t have enough players to make a team either.
Well, here’s what I said to the man, “My daughter doesn’t much care for the coach of the other team as she was on her team 2 years back and considered it a bad experience.” “She’s undecided if she will play soccer again this year because of it.” I went on to say, “I hope she decides to give it a go anyway but if she doesn’t do soccer this year, I will not be too worried about it, she will probably take up gymnastics or something else in the fall.” “Besides, I will not miss being out in that weather, who likes standing out in the pouring down rain in November anyway?” The man said that he didn’t mind being out in the poor weather while he watched his two boys play when they were younger, he said he didn’t “regret that a bit.”
There’s a perfect example of someone taking me the wrong way, I never said I regretted going to the games due to the weather, I just commented on how miserable it was. I was not the only parent or coach that felt this way, I may have taken the man’s words wrong but I don’t think so. I thought about trying to get him to see what I really had meant to say but I just figured I’d give up on that. He probably wouldn’t see it my way any how, not many people seem to “get” me or where I am coming from for some strange reason.
So with that I leave the world to fend for itself, you didn’t want to listen to me or wanted to take me the wrong way or disbelieve what I was trying to open your eyes to, well good luck to you! And that is all I have to say about that!
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July 1st, 2009 at 6:48 pm
This is America. Everyone has their right to their opinion and we have freedom of speech. As long as you don’t slander or say something libelous, say what you please.
There are many people who just love the sound of their own voice, you have met him. He is Mr. Know-It-All. His advice is golden, he believes. Everyone should abide by it, in his opinion.
We have to be able to laugh these situations off. Otherwise, we would blow our brains out from the insanity in this world. I don’t always agree with what YOU have to say, but you have every right to say it. Usually, your blogs give me a good laugh, sometimes, I get a headache from the grammar usage or run-on sentences. But I would miss reading it if you didn’t blog.
Speak your mind and consider the source when others speak theirs.
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:11 pm
It’s not ok to throw garbage out the window while you drive? sorry, couldn’t pass up the chance on that one.
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I agree with Duke Stern. There’s a lot of people who are “way beyond opinionated.” It’s not enough to have an opinion for them, they have to make sure YOU know THEY’RE right. What really matters is that YOU get along with YOU and that you are blessed with a nice family. When the rest of the world wants to shove their tense attitudes down your throat, sometimes you just have to “consider the source,” as my wife would say.
And what’s Duke’s problem about grammar? He’s getting on your case about run-on sentences? Get a life Duke! If she wants to write run on sentences wit bad spalling and grammer and senstences that go on and on and really have no punctuation or beginning or end and they just go on and on like a bad political debate and you read and get a headache because her blog posts have no beginning or end did I say that already (?) and have garish pucntuation did I say that already (?) then isn’t it her free right as a free mom of a free state in a free contry to spell as she pleazes and right run on sentences? Huh?
And that’s what the deal is!