Earlier this month, I was at LLL. Some poor woman was being pressured by her relatives to wean her otherwise healthy one year old. So, naturally, I told her my response to hostile relatives: "When one of us is tired of it."
"Oh, Jenny," the LLL leader (a gentle silver haired woman my mother's age) said, "you're just so feisty! You don't care what anyone else thinks!"
Later she came up and said she hoped she hadn't offended me by calling me feisty.
"Of course not," I said.
But what I was really thinking was how remarkably perceptive she is! I AM a mouthy broad! And I do NOT care! She couldn't have summed me up more accurately if she'd tried for a week.
A wonderful quality to have indeed. Feistiness and 'I couldn't care less' are essential to a happy life, I believe.
ReplyDeleteI find that in general these are qualities with great utility. I basically care what my spouse and a few dear friends (including Nicky, below!) think and... that's it.
DeleteThat must be why I like you so much. When I first started to know Patrick, I noticed he used baby lotion (powder scented) in the winter for his dry hands. It's mild, and effective. I thought to myself, "This guy doesn't care what anyone thinks!" Apparently I choose friends the same way.
ReplyDeleteHah! Well, it's a valuable characteristic, and one you share!
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