Oh Where are my Fellow Tongue-biters???

Where are you?? Am I the only one left?? Ok, if you have no clue what I am talking about, I will let loose....

I am the worlds best "tongue-biter". You know, when you were little, and your mom told you to "bite your tongue" when you really wanted to say something, and it would just be wrong to say it.....so you just had to keep quiet. Do you remember that??? Was my mom the only one who did that??

I am beginning to think that she scarred me for life. I mean, because I still do this. I still bite my tongue on a daily basis. "You want to totally take advantage of me???" "SURE, go right ahead...". I just smile to people as they are being rude as hell. I also tell myself that they just must not have meant it in the rude way that it sounded, because there HAVE to be more kind people out there. There just have to. Or am I the only one that loves to make a complete ASS out of myself at times, by rolling over and not saying CRAP.

The problem is, I think there need to be more nice people out there. Ok, not nice like my mom, nice (lol......huh, lyns....), but just people that are thoughtful of others feelings and concerns. People who are on your side. People who genuinely care for you. People who are real, but kind. People who don't get off on treating you like a complete idiot. (AND, YES, I DO have friends like this, and for you all, THANK YOU!!!)But continuing on......

I am not saying that speaking your mind is not ok. Believe me, I love to speak my mind at times. But I truly believe that if speaking your mind makes another person feel like total SH**, you probably should sugar coat it a little. Don't compromise your integrity by keeping quiet like I sometimes do.....just sugar coat it a bit. I am not saying that you should hide under your 500 count sheets and never say a word again, I am just saying that respect goes a long way. Really. Let's all get our big girl panties on and take a class in compassion.
There, I am done venting. And I feel better now.