The Things People Say

The other day, someone said i was self-centred. It was one of those joking-but-not comments. I (typically) took it very personally. I freaked out. I don't think i'm that self-centred!! I care lots about other people, and tend to put other people ahead of me because i feel terrible if i don't. But i still do it. I do realise that this blog is mainly about me, which may add to the illusion of self-centredness, but i'm allowed to blog about myself, because it's my blog and i can blog about whatever i like... Anyway, i flipped out and asked my boss if i was self-centred. He thinks that i'm actually very self-sacrificing, so much so that he's suprised by me. I think he may be slightly over-exaggerating. But, if you balance out the self-sacrificing and self-centred comments, then i end up just being average. I like that best. I shouldn't fret so much about what other people say.

Another interesting conversation was had the other day. We reverted back to the old 'girls and guys can never be just friends' conversation. Do you know that deal? If a guy and a girl are friends, there will always be a point where one of them wants something more, or accidentally slips up. Exceptions: friends of your partner are exempt from this rule. I was trying to disagree with this rule - i told the guy that i was having the conversation with that he and i were just friends, therefore disproving the theory. His response? We're not friends, we're work colleagues. Ouch. He probably didn't mean anything by it. But ouch. Typical male - some people need to think through what they're saying before they say it. But, on the whole, i guess the 'girls and guys can't be friends' thing is pretty spot on...