(I 'slipped' up atleast 3 times this week in a big way!) And the thing is, I don't really want to apologize for saying what I wanted to say but the truth is:
People don't always want to hear your opinion or atleast they don't when it contradicts with theirs.
Most times I adhere to that one simple rule but other times, it just slips out and then I am asked to explain myself. But somewhere in between the explaining I am reading the person's face and body language and pick up on the little ques that tell me....'hmmm, I don't think they agree with me here'. Usually, I'd stop there and let them take the spotlight again but other times I can't resist the urge to be the devil's advocate and I persist. It's the persisting that gets me in trouble!
I've been told that if I know someone is a certain way then I should be wary of that and 'watch' what I say around them especially when I've known them for years and know that they'll react the way they do. But honestly, if I am expected to know what my friends and family are like and expected to step on eggshells for them ....aren't they too, expected to know who I am and appreciate the fact that I can and do have an opinion too ....one that can be contradictory to theirs?
Honestly, I just wish people can learn to appreciate that people have the right to say what they mean! It's the reason I gravitate towards opinionated people (not the annoying ones clearly)...you always know where you stand with them!
On this note, I'd leave you with this definition of a Freudian Slip & ask you this: "wouldn't you rather know what a person really thinks rather than their pussy-footed version of the truth?"
Freudian slip
–noun
(in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
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