I’m not going to lie in this one but I’ll just make myself heard.
Sugar-coating words has never been part of the way I speak so if you are easily offended, you may read on at your own discretion, only because your nosey self beckons you to ;)
I realize I don’t socialize well anymore. Not that I am innately anti-social, but I just don’t have a reason to open myself up to people as I previously did. Perhaps an intense love and admiration for what I do as a cook steers me away from petty pleasures in life. It puts me in a state of focus.
I don’t need to drink anymore to have a good time. In fact, I’m baffled at why anyone would seek pleasure from copious consumption of alcohol. The effects are all there. Liver scarring, hormonal fluctuations, weight gain. I think I found a pretty good reason to give up drinking just to be able to take on the night. Getting hammered makes no sense…But the rest of the population would vehemently disagree with me.
Take yourself out of the conventional culture and you’ll begin to question your reasons for drinking.
Then comes gossipers, naysayers and people who fall into petty hissy-fitting. I think I’m only saying this because I KNOW I’ve riled plenty of people in the past, and I’ve riled plenty of people at this time too. But I’ve come to the point where I believe that when one crosses a certain age and has encountered sufficient life experiences, I’m entitled to talking in a way that befits my character.
I’m not a 10year old you pat on the head, expecting to whisper sweet nothings to make you coo. And just to make my point known, I would be more inclined to offend you even more. I think people who take offense easily generally don’t have a level of maturity high enough to think situations through.
Prove me wrong if you must but if you don’t take offense easily, it’s probably because you’ve thought something through well enough to know that it’s not worth creating conflict over. A tolerance that has been built up through experience, not emotional desensitizing.
On a side note, I love playing the dude that stirs the pot so honestly, I really am dying to know your opinions. Let me push your buttons and wrangle your head. Because I do know a handful who think they can take the shit I’m about to give.
