Monday, May 28, 2012

On Being Angry




WARNING: this entry contains a landmine of f-bombs!

To quote Lisbeth’s t-shirt…














I am beyond livid right now! 

Okay… just really pissed! 

But, I'm also pissed that I had a delayed reaction of knowing I was pissed.

AND, pissed that this person doesn’t have call-waiting, a cell phone (to text) or Internet (to e-mail)! The longer I get that BUSY SIGNAL on the phone, the madder I'm getting!

And, please note... this was only a mere 7 minutes after we hung up. 

Hell, years ago it would’ve taken me 2 – 3 MONTHS to have my reaction!

Seriously!

I KNOW it was immediate in my tone/response, but my head does this funny thing with, “we’re not gonna let you process this right now because we want a bagel and get a bit of self sabotaging done!"

But, yeah. He crossed the line. Again.

Ya know, here’s the way I see it and feel when it comes to dealing with me. I may have to re-think/re-adjust my ways, but here goes (Please note: I know this may not seem entirely fair):

1.     Don’t lie to me;

2.    Don’t lie to me;

3.    Don’t try to play me for a fool;

4.    Don’t lie to me;

5.    Don’t make up an excuse for something you haven’t even done; tell me you told me because you “know how I think” and then add on an extra excuse which gives the illusion of this being MY FAULT (when there was nothing there to begin with – now you have me feeling shitty about myself). I read somewhere if you feel the need to justify a situation with more than one reason (excuse) when trying to smooth something out to make it not look like you had any ownership in the “issue” that didn’t even exist an hour earlier, chances are (and I’ll put it into my own words), you are a FUCKING FUCK full of SHIT!!!;

6.    Don’t lie to me;

7.    Don’t lie to me;

8.    Don’t bullshit or try to scam me;

9.  Know that you DIDN’T “get away” with it. Know there was NOTHING to “get away” with until you made it as such; and, finally…

10.  DON’T FUCKING LIE TO ME!!!

Okay… that being said, I haven’t decided if I’m just going to drive over there to have a face-to-face talk (yell… cry… whatever!) since I cannot fucking get through on the fucking phone!

* DEEP BREATH *

I woke up in a great mood this morning! I got to re-connect with a dear friend yesterday and one this morning. Will admit, my ankle is hurting (in the hard to stand/walk sense of the word), but it wasn’t until the portion of this 3rd phone call (to me) when the, “I know how you think” stuff started, oh-while trying to confirm something from me (via my job), that made me feel used.

Again.

* DEEP BREATH *

A shrink of mine, years ago, said I really am NOT passive aggressive. She said I was passive and usually just acted like a doormat. She said she could understand why people thought I was passive aggressive… because anytime I had the guts/courage to stand up for myself/say what I felt, they weren’t used to/conditioned to hear me voice something different. Whether that’s the case or not, I know I do NOT handle being mad well…

But, I’m going to try!

* ONE LAST DEEP BREATH *

:-)

PS - Hours after this journal entry was finished I finally got through. He knows I am angry, but I said we needed to talk, and I didn't want to do it over the phone. I take full ownership of my passive aggressive behavior here. And, in writing/venting this, I now need to

let

it

go.

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