Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Misconceptions

It is so easy to look at something you see once or twice a year and make a judgement call on it. Perhaps you visit someone on extremely rare occasions and they have a roomer that pays $400 a month, you might seem to think they took this poor old lady in as a show of friendship. You may expect that person to perform duties to repay the kindness, such as answer the door even if they aren't home or if they are ill and in bed. It is easy to misconstrue what you see as what others want you to see or think, it isn't always so easy to face the facts that without that lazy old lady perhaps your loved one wouldn't have had a home for the last year or if they did they wouldn't be out shopping all the time.
Perhaps it should be taken into account that the old lady is 20 year older than your loved one and has a bedroom and bath for her $400 a month. Perhaps you should take into consideration that unlike you not everyone is perfect, that perhaps with age hearing has gotten worse or the pain pills make the old lady sleep.
Then again that would mean taking off the rose colored glasses that paint the world in such a pretty way. I am writing this because I am so angry I will surely explode without getting it out. Do not ever judge what you haven't investigated and no I don't mean just listen to one side of the issue I mean talk to both sides before making rude statements on a national page.

1 comment:

  1. give 'em hell ma! I know it's infuriating when people make assumptions, but try not to let it get to you. Those people are of no consequence in your life. Live for you, and no one else! Love ya

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