My college roommate and I were doing laundry together many years ago. To my amazement, she was shoving all of the clothes into the washer, without regard for their color or their need for hand-washing, etc."Dude, what are you doing? You're going to ruin those clothes!" I said.
"Any piece of clothing that can't handle my style of laundry has no business being in my wardrobe," she replied.
Which brings me to today.
I have felt paralyzed. I have wanted to write about dozens of subjects, but I've shared my blog address with so many people now, I am stuck not wanting to offend anyone.
My family and friends and many acquaintances read this blog. Basically everyone I know reads this blog, and I like that -- it's supportive and wonderful.
But I have felt like so many subjects had become taboo -- I would sit here at the computer, my fingers dithering over the keyboard, and I think, "Nooo, definitely not that," and "Whoops, probably not that either."
In order to cure this problem, some people might opt to make a purely anonymous blog. But I know I'm kind of into exhibitionism, and I'd share that address with everyone within a week.
So instead, I've hardened my heart.
For example, the Yugoslavian underpants story below -- that's gross. Would I ever choose to bring up that story with most of my friends and family? NO.
But I posted it anyway. Because I've decided to take the same approach my old roommate did -- if anyone gets worked up by or offended by any of the content on my blog, they have no business being my friend.
If you're not smart enough to filter out the content for yourself (as in, "Whoops, looks like this one's about soiled lingerie, better skip it!") or to understand that everything is NOT ABOUT YOU and not take offense during my emotional lowpoints, then you are a "delicate" and we probably shouldn't be friends anyway.
I'd rather keep writing what I'd like to write, about whatever I'm remembering or emoting at that moment. I plan to continue share the blog address with anyone who's interested. I'm not going to sort and edit in order to avoid offending a few pantywaists.
See, you knew I'd get around to mentioning panties again, and you kept reading. That's why I love you guys.
8 comments:
This offends me. I'm outta here.
I love these stories! Now, what ever happened to the 2nd bf?
I'm so paranoid that when I read that first comment, I thought she was serious... AAH! I'm not as hard-hearted as I thought.
And as for the second boyfriend, that is a tale to tell...
Girl, I hear you. I refuse to give my blog to anyone who has not seen at least one of my highschool hairstyles. And highschool pants.
Welcome to my blogging philosophy. Liberating, isn't it?
Um....I think you know I'm not going anywhere.
Lol, as I've told you a million times. I'm really really hard to offend. I love your stories!
keep writing woman. My life would be dismal and dull without it! Okay, that is a bit of a lie as you know, but I still love reading your blog, even when dirty panties are involved.
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