My dad, told me something that has been hovering around my brain.


"People mean what they say," and whereas, yeah, I understood what he was saying, I became concerned because,


I have to make a concious effort to do the same. Meaning what I say isn't easy, Nor is knowing what people mean.....




I listened to Prince music for years and sometimes, I can hear him laughing, but most of the time i hear him teaching.....maybe that doesn't matter but for his music to mean something to me????? idk



Now that I'm older, I realize I have to "take responsiblity " for "my" actions and for me that is easier said than done, because genuinely I think I'm stupid about nothing most of the time.

Moreover, you may think I'm stupid and express that to me.....and then we fight.

Am I doomed?????
Will I forever be ridiculed and laughed at for being stupid, not getting the point?????






Send me a guy with some glasses, that sorta looks like prince.....


oh and dancewme, don't come over here diseccting my rant .....lol

horatio said:

is somebody lookin for you??? lol

I don't know what you mean.

I know what you mean. It's easy to be misunderstood. People have different ways of expressing themselves and the interpretation is left to the reciver of any information. Without deliberate dialogue used to dispel ignorance and assumptions, there's going to be lots of misunderstandings. And unfortunately some misunderstanding can linger for a very long time and might never to be resolved unless people care to talk about it.

Moving to GD - Mach

Mach said:

thats called revenge

For the most part, yes, people mean what they say.
And even if they don't, we can only take them at their word, until they've proven their word to be untrustworthy.

Unless someone is selling you something, and then it's another story.

I always mean what I say...where problems arise with me is when people disregard what I say and try to determine what it is I'm really saying lol ...

I'm a very literal person, so there is rarely any "reading-between-the-lines" necessary. If I think you're a jerk, I'll call you a jerk. If I didn't call you a jerk or even use the word "jerk", then I don't think you are. Simple. I don't say things to be "nice", I definitely don't say things to be mean, and I crave to be understood by those who mean anything to me...so 99.9% of the time I will mean exactly what I say.

Unfortunately I assume everyone else means exactly what they say as well, and confusion and chaos results lol ...
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I always mean what I say, but for things that aren't so pleasant to say, I use great tact... and I'm always conscious of not wanting tohurt someone...

I didn't really read the whole thing, but if you think you hear Prince laughing at you when you listen to his music, then I mean what I say when I say SEEK HELP.

Illustrator said:

ok,so why are you lurking around.....

Byron said:

,
what in west hell are you talking about.....lol no really, what a read....oh boy.....lol

CarrieMpls said:

great point...

FunkMistress said:

***muah*** thank you baby.....lol

violator said:

great tact huh.....bite me.....lol

myfavorite said:

oh and uh.....i really enjoyed these friends today.....A Big hug and kiss to all!!!

mzflash said:

Now, I AM SOOOOO GLAD, most people care.....

I say what I mean and I mean what I say.....I don't have time for bullshit or games

If I can't mean what I say, I have awful trouble saying it

FunkMistress said:

YOU ?

~faints~

Why say it if you don't mean it?

I mean what I say, but I'm not always wise enough to say what I mean. It's sometimes challenging to speak up or be perfectly articulate.

I kid a lot. So sometimes I mean what I say, and sometimes not.

Mach said:

myfavorite said:

wtf?????