Sanityisoverrated wrote:
"That's just the way it is."
People's refusal to see the possibility for change or a viewpoint other than their own really gets to me. My parents used to say that sort of thing all the time. It just upsets me when people can't look beyond whatever stupid rule society has in place.
YES.
That goes right alongside "Sure it's not fair. Life's not fair." I once got the joy of replying to my grandfather, "And never will be until people try to make it better!"
It was worth it as around the dinner table, everyone's jaws hit the floor simultaneously that the quiet little daughter would
dare say such a thing
(Yes, my family are rather set in their ways.)