{"id":1603,"date":"2010-12-15T18:35:31","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T23:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2010-12-15T18:36:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T23:36:26","slug":"call-me-crazy-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/15\/call-me-crazy-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Call Me Crazy, Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

[continued from previous post<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Did I say I was done?<\/p>\n

I did?<\/p>\n

Did you believe it?<\/p>\n

The Linebacker: Your entitled to your opionion….once again “excluding medical conditions” and I said ‘commonly’ associated not It was the only cause…Ive seen plenty of obese people and their obese because there freaking lazy and eat to much..I was one of them<\/em><\/p>\n

And I was just so mad at that point.<\/p>\n

I wanted to hurt somebody.<\/p>\n

I stopped and closed my eyes and felt the blood pulsing in my ears.<\/p>\n

And just<\/em> over the throbbing, I could hear a little voice from inside my head. What did it say? I listened closer, and I heard it. It said:<\/p>\n

You’re the asshole here.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s right. I was the asshole in this situation. I was berating TL for “making people wrong”. Really? What exactly was I<\/em> doing? Arguing a point, after making sure nobody could hear anything I said because I called them all idiots.<\/p>\n

So I emailed TL privately and used my big-girl words: I wasn’t trying to alienate you with my comments. As someone who hits the charts at the obese level, and someone who has an eating disorder, I just felt demeaned by your post.<\/em><\/p>\n

You have every right to be proud of the progress that you’ve made.<\/em><\/p>\n

He emailed back immediately: Amy please know that I wasnt in any way trying to be evil! I promise you Im not like that and please forgive me if I appeared that way!! I wasnt in any way talking about people like you Amy who work damn hard and take a stand in their life!! Amy I def wasnt talking about anyone who has a disorder as well I take that seriously I promise!!! I just meant lazy people…..do u want me to take the message down Amy? I promise I will if u want me to I dont want to offend someone who works as hard as you<\/em><\/p>\n

That was sweet. Now I felt bad.<\/p>\n

Me: No worries, TL. Sometimes I speak without taking the requisite ten deep breaths to calm myself down and realize I might be overreacting.<\/em><\/p>\n

TL: Never apologize for speaking your mind Amy you have the right to your opinion no matter If I or anyone else agrees with it! and Im deleting the post because my goal of the post wasnt for any one to fell less than appreciated! and honestly I shouldnt have posted that anyway!<\/em><\/p>\n

Turns out The Linebacker is a really nice dude.<\/p>\n

So to recap for our heroine: judgmental…check, preachy…check, temper tantrum…whoa, Nelly!, and Big Life Lesson…learned.<\/p>\n

Here it is, in case you didn’t catch it: Every so often, I need to stop and ask myself, who’s the asshole? Chances are the answer will be, I am.<\/p>\n

I’m the asshole.<\/p>\n

(I still don’t think TL and I are going to be besties.)<\/p>\n

[The End]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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