Sometimes what people share with you when you listen is very surprising. What is even more shocking is what other people say to others and think it is ok. The woman that I was talking to did not have a normal intelligence and often people would take advantage of her.
“Did you know what Tom the quarterback said to me once?”, Suzie asked.
“No what did he say?” I asked.
“He said that if I kissed him and let him do whatever he wanted to me that he would be my friend.”, Suzie stated.
“Is that the kind of friend you want?” I asked. “Did you want to do those things with him?”
“Sure I want friends” she said.
We talked more and found out that this wasn’t the first guy who had suggested she trade favors for benefits. The men who mentioned those things to her were the object of many women’s admiration. I wonder how they would have thought of him if they knew he took advantage of her.
Use It Up, Wear It Out – Consumers Hold On to Stuff Longer – NYTimes.com. My grandmother who had a large family during the depression held onto everything no matter how small “just in case I need it.” It drove me crazy. She used to save the plastic butter containers. Wash them and then have stacks of them in her shelf. I never understood the mentality of saving like that. This article says that as a society we seem to be moving toward the depression era saving.
Narcissism is no longer considered a clinical disorder. In the age of Facebook, is that really surprising? According to the the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), I don’t have a problem. But I know I do. In non-clinical terms, I’m a full-blown, alpha-type, social media-addicted narcissist who needs his accounts suspended until he reconnects with reality. Facebook, a social network I’ve written about … Read More