Jan. 20th, 2009

xenologer: (Speak)
No matter how hard or well-defended a person is, nobody enjoys the idea that their friends don't like them anymore. Startlingly little of the sting is taken away by the knowledge that you didn't really like them anymore, either.

I think it doesn't have to do with sadness at the end of a relationship, though the loss of that possibility is sad. It has to do with the way people see themselves. If people don't like you, are you still likeable? If people don't love you, are you still loveable? 

If people misunderstand you, does it matter what the truth is?
xenologer: (Speak)
No matter how hard or well-defended a person is, nobody enjoys the idea that their friends don't like them anymore. Startlingly little of the sting is taken away by the knowledge that you didn't really like them anymore, either.

I think it doesn't have to do with sadness at the end of a relationship, though the loss of that possibility is sad. It has to do with the way people see themselves. If people don't like you, are you still likeable? If people don't love you, are you still loveable? 

If people misunderstand you, does it matter what the truth is?
xenologer: (Speak)
No matter how hard or well-defended a person is, nobody enjoys the idea that their friends don't like them anymore. Startlingly little of the sting is taken away by the knowledge that you didn't really like them anymore, either.

I think it doesn't have to do with sadness at the end of a relationship, though the loss of that possibility is sad. It has to do with the way people see themselves. If people don't like you, are you still likeable? If people don't love you, are you still loveable? 

If people misunderstand you, does it matter what the truth is?

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