I could see someone, actually, at the gym and starting up a conversation. People do that, sometimes. Not me, but people. And if a woman looked at LKH and saw what she thought was a woman who might understand, I could also see her wanting to commiserate. But instead of smiling and nodding and saying, "That sucks, I'm sorry that happened to you," LKH has to throw in how it was the complete opposite for her. Really? "Oh, you're in emotional pain. Allow me to pour some metaphorical salt into that wound and grind it in for good measure." No wonder the other woman doesn't want to continue the conversation. What are they supposed to say when LKH responds that way to a situation that's painful for them?
I had to stop reading at the "How did I do it?" part. I can't listen to/read her explaining how she is so special and different, without the slightest moment of realization that just because she may have grown up thinking differently from many of the people around her, it doesn't mean she is the only one ever who thought along those lines, or that, as others have mentioned, her attitudes aren't worth re-examining as much as "other women's".
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Date: 2015-04-26 08:31 pm (UTC)I had to stop reading at the "How did I do it?" part. I can't listen to/read her explaining how she is so special and different, without the slightest moment of realization that just because she may have grown up thinking differently from many of the people around her, it doesn't mean she is the only one ever who thought along those lines, or that, as others have mentioned, her attitudes aren't worth re-examining as much as "other women's".