Never satisfied with people...

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Long story short, I have very few relatives left with whom I'm still in touch. Actually, about one, a cousin. But I don't enjoy being in touch with her, so I hardly am. Among other things: my cats are my world, then there's my work, my home, my health, my life in general. I mentioned in passing to this relative that I have 3 cats, rescues, and that I'm very devoted to them. Her only comment before she changed the subject was "You're crazy". She insists we keep in touch, but I feel there's no point in being in touch with someone if that's her opinion of the most essential in my life. (Not to mention - I don't like people who see devoting to animals as one being crazy/stupid).

She called to tell me how thrilled she was that she had become a grandmother and how hard she was working to help her son and daughter in law with the baby. I wonder what her reaction would have been if all I had to say before I changed the subject was "You're crazy".

I find no purpose in relating to people who don't value anything about me. The relating to them leaves me very unsatisfied.

Wow. I have wanted to say that very thing more times that not. I have zero tolerance for people like that. Its so selfish. The idea that anyone feels they can judge some else for their way of life or life choices and then feel like they can download about their own life. Not to mention they expect some sort of positive interaction. Boo!! !! You should have said "You're crazy" and changed the subject.

Sometimes I fantasize Bout sayingthe things I am thinking to people exactly as I am thinkng to shock them into self awareness.

Maybe you should have said "You're crazy. How's your cat?"

Anywho, I am right here with you on this one!

I remember when I was involved in the peace movement during the build up to the Gulf War during 1990, it meant the world to me and people didn't seem to understand.

And during the whole H1N1 swine flu in 2009, I tried to find the best public health information, both contribute to wikipedia (at times an exercise in frustration) and publicize it elsewhere on the web. For example, if flu is in the area and a child has flu symptoms and seems to be getting better, if the child then relapses with a high fever, that's a danger sign because that relapse may be bacterial pneumonia. And presumably this is true for an adult, too. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/healt ... .html?_r=2 And people didn't seem to get how much this meant to me either.

When I was 4 years old, all the way through high school, we had guinea pigs. And I thought it was so neat the whole process of them having babies. I remember one time I dreamed the mother guinea pig had had her babies and the dream felt significant and it was neat that I had dreamed about it. Guinea pig babies are born fully-furred with their eyes open, and the mother gets really big, with litters usually only one, two, or three babies. And I remember after the mother had her babies, being real excited, walking the neighborhood, talking to a boy I knew a little from school, telling him that our guinea pig had just had her babies. He didn't seem to get it. Well, maybe he didn't know what a guinea pig was. There seems to be less excuse for an adult.

IMHO, You should always go with your personal beliefs and feelings. If someone doesn't like your ways or projects, they can just kiss your ... Well, let's say there is no need to be polite and courteous to somebody who disrespects you and is selfish, etc.

I just go my way, doing my thing, and if they don't like it, or me, I haven't lost a thing. Remember, you aren't loosing a friend if they aren't one. They may even respect you more for sticking up for your self.

Be yourself, you're the best you that you have.

I believe that Mark Twain said "take a starving dog and make him prosperous and he will not bite you,this is the primary difference between a dog and man".I hope I got that right.My pets are my people.My main companion animal died several weeks ago and it just floored me.My family jumped my case and said "your carrying on about that animal like it was human!) .I should have said "No, he's not human,he's better than human".He never once made me feel bad and he gave me a reason to get up in the morning.At least my psychologist knows the value of animals and the therapeutic effect they have.

One whole side of my family (the much much larger side, unfortunately) is much the same way; they don't even try to understand me, just judge me because I'm not religious and don't put any relevance on blood ties - I don't see a point... Sure, you share genetics with them, but you share genetics with everyone else in the world, too - so I simply don't talk to any of them.

If someone doesn't even try, you are better off without them. Always.