Spinoff... do you really want to know?

MonkeyLuv Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:47 PM

Spinoff... do you really want to know?

Do you really want to know what other people really think of you?

I say no, no one wants to know the truth. We hide from it anyway we can, and when we are faced with it, we explain away character flaws as 'just the way I am' or some other excuse rather than admitting to the possibility that you maybe a jerk, or rude, or thoughtless.

I think people only want to know when they are loved. That's not the same thing as really knowing.

wc0143 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:48 PM

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I said no and I'm not afraid to admit it.

But you guys love me, don't cha????

BMD'sPeanut Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:48 PM

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

I think people only want to know when they are loved.

What's wrong with that?

palebride Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:48 PM

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i don't think i'd want to know - there are things about me that i love and i'm sure others find annoying or insignificant.

i'm an optimist though....i like good and happy things

maiahsdad Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:49 PM

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who really cares what people think of them..........love me or hate me....big deal

nov04LIbride Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:49 PM

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I remember once in college I overheard one of my sorority sisters talking about me (she was my nemesis--I'll hide her identity by calling her fat jealous b!tch...). Anyhoo, she was going on and on about everything she hated about me...It was surreal, so rarely do we really hear something like that...

RedHead Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:49 PM

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NAh...
Of course it is great to hear the good stuff...But i think that i could take the bad stuff too!
I think i know the bad stuff anyway

kel2004 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:49 PM

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I said only if it's good.

MrsTC Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:50 PM

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I would love for people to be open with me .....bring it on!

lilmrs Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:50 PM

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I would, if I don't know I have a really bad and annoying trait and no one ever points it out to me, I will just annoy and turn off more people. If it is brought to my attention then at least I know about it and can work on it.

jantany26 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:50 PM

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Posted by palebride

i don't think i'd want to know - there are things about me that i love and i'm sure others find annoying or insignificant.

i'm an optimist though....i like good and happy things

Me too

ambersmom Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:51 PM

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Posted by oct.2004bride

NAh...
Of course it is great to hear the good stuff...But i think that i could take the bad stuff too!
I think i know the bad stuff anyway

Me too - after that Shamu post back in November that was totally directed at me, I think my skin is thick enough where I could take whatever people have to say about me. I always take it with a grain of salt and remember who/where it's coming from.

jozieb0925 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:51 PM

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I don't like to hear the bad stuff, but sometimes you have to hear it depending on the situation..

RedHead Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:51 PM

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imo...ya kinda know who likes ya and who doesn't
of course that isn't always true but i think i know who doesn't like me and why

RedHead Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:52 PM

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Of course if the Bad was said constructively...
Not just YOU ARE A COMPLETE AZZHOLE

BMD'sPeanut Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:52 PM

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I think the more important question is, 'do we really care what other posters on LIW think of us..'

luvsbob4603 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:53 PM

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Yes/no because i wouldn't care what people really think about me i am who i am either you love me or hate if a person likes me thats great if a person hates me thats their option. I like everyone on here because i have a good heart, but if someone does not want to get to know me for me than its their lost. my opion.

MonkeyLuv Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:54 PM

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I think that only hearing the good things only gives you half th picture... I think it has to be all or nothing.

luvsbob4603 Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:54 PM

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i know one person who does not like me either but thats ok.

palebride Posted: Feb 25, 2005 02:55 PM

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Honestly, I do care what people think about me, and I'm really sensitive to it.
i am highly critical of myself, but I like to think that I'm the only one who thinks those things about me....so learning someone ele noticed my faults would be really traumatic for me....

I know I should care what others think - but I really really do.

I'm terrified when I see my students passing notes and I take them, that they'll have something mean about me in them......