dottsie wrote:
Oh no, they're onto us! They've figured out we're all secretly dolphins!
Well, at least now we can start campaigning for dolphin-accessible keyboards. Do you know how hard it is to avoid typos when you're tapping keys with a dolphin nose?
CockneyRebel wrote:
I'm not selfish and I never was. I even tried to give my mum my loose change on the phone this morning to prove a point that I'm not selfish and being called selfish by my parents in my childhood and teen years really hurt.
From what I have seen of you on WP: No, you are not selfish. You're probably among the least selfish people in the population. I'm the same way--and it's not due to some kind of virtue; it's just that I've always been happiest when I know other people are happy too. I think I was born that way.
The trouble with this, is that people who want to hurt you know exactly how to hurt you: They accuse you of being selfish, because they know that this is one of your greatest fears. I would literally rather die than become someone who would take advantage of others. I hate myself most when I procrastinate and don't do the things I should, because I know it keeps me from becoming someone who can really change the world for the better.
My mom does the same thing to me that yours does to you. When she wants to hurt me, when she wants to manipulate me into doing whatever she wants me to do, she says I'm selfish. She says I'm hurting her, that I don't care about her. I think she does this because she knows how much I care about not hurting people. Even when I know it's not true, it still hurts.
Just try to put it out of your mind and go on with your life. Go on being who you are. The world needs more people who care.