My Friends & Family Have Too Many Opinions
August 17, 2009 by Kelli DesRochers
Filed under Relationships
When is he going to propose? Are you guys fighting? Shouldn’t you be mad about that? I think that’s something to worry about, don’t you?
Everyone has those friends and family members who want to show that they care by inquiring into every little detail about your relationship and offering their personal opinion about every response. They want to know everything! Older siblings, younger siblings, parents, ex-boyfriends, best friends, co-workers, lots of people seem to feel comfortable offering their opinion about your relationship when you didn’t really ask for it. They are usually just trying to “watch out for you”, but …read more
It’s Always Something. Why Is That?
My tradeshow went off without a hitch, all my planning and worrying seem to have paid off — clients were genuinely thrilled with our products…and showed it buy purchasing a lot of our products.
However, this is what happens when I let my worry guard down: I got home to place said orders through our e-store, and lo! I receive an error message from my server: “Your e-store is unavailable, so sorry.” Nice. New orders can not be placed.
Then for some mystical reason, my car’s headlights started to flash on and off (car was off and …read more
The Lost Fun Gene.
I’ve confessed this here before; I’m not really good at having fun. I don’t really know how, I never learned. Oh sure, I can tell a joke and there’s lots of stuff that makes me laugh hysterically. But I find it hard to genuinely enjoy many situations.
Growing up the oldest of 4 siblings, I am the over-acheiver stereotype. Fun wasn’t really part of the routine. But chaos sure was.
If I’m not planning something…then I’m worried about something…if I’m not worried…then I wonder what’s wrong with me…if there’s nothing wrong…then I fidget. It seems that something has to be askew or …read more




