Finding it difficult to write

Before getting to this post, I want to take a moment to applaud my blog friends who had the courage to read and comment on my previous post—the one titled, “Could I Live With You?” LOL! Of course, once you read it you understood I wasn’t asking to move in, just addressing how little things can be annoying when you spend a lot of time with someone AND you're stressed out.

I want to follow-up with a post on how we react differently to the same actions committed by different people. But I've re-written it 4 times and it got worse each time. So here are just the long bullet points:

--The more we like someone, the easier it is to overlook minor annoyances.
--People we don't like annoy us just by being there, so they can't get away with doing the very same things we overlook with a friend.
--The jerks notice, but most don't understand why they're treated differently.
--I work at treating everyone the same, but fail (despite a co-worker from the Baltimore ghetto--who dresses like a $2 hooker--telling my wife she likes me because I treat everyone the same. I try, but I don't. Because...
--Some people are just too damn annoying--I'm thinking of the co-worker who has tried to explain to me 50 times why she buys value meals instead of buying the items individually. Who would have guessed something called a #$%&*# value meal might cost less??? She tries to plant herself in my office and I have to throw her butt out so I can get work done. Can you tell I'm in a mood? =)

Finally, this will seem unrelated, but if I gave you the 12 page version of the post it would make sense. I want to mention that while it's important to support our friends, we can't do it blindly. I think that's how World War I got started. Sometimes our friends are wrong. As a friend, you should give them a reality check when they need it.

Okay, I'm done. I'm going to take a little break from posting until I remember how to write. To make sure you don't forget about me, I'll be logging in to comment. I don't want to lose touch with you because [see last line of the post].

Mayra mentioned having a scoring chart for the quiz, so I made one up. A perfect score called for 9 C's, followed by "yes", "no" and "buy" (helloooo Kristie and S&C). ;P

8-9 C's: Like Mary Poppins, you're practically perfect
6-7 C's: It would be great having you around.
4-5 C's: What's a few differences among friends.
2-3 C's: Time apart can be good for friendships.
1-2 C's: Are we related?
Nada C's: These are the people I live with.

So if you like someone enough, love them, or have entered into a tontine with them, a few minor annoyances are definitely worth it--regardless of how they answered. Like it or not, I think my blog friends (including you Mayra) are all Mary Poppinses (sp?). =)