Comments | seph_ski: On Vox: A quick note about my last post.

seph_ski

On Vox: A quick note about my last post.

Dec 03, 2009 14:55

I haven't been getting solid, regular sleep for weeks now and I get kind of pinched and cranky, which makes me prone to bouts of madness, ...more so than usual. I have imaginary arguments with voices in my head, and the imaginary snowballs and spills out into the real world.

I'm not going to delete the post in question because there is some genuine ( Read more... )

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slytherin13 December 3 2009, 20:30:05 UTC

oh. I didn't take it that way at all. I think it's nice to give people an idea of what you want. I always say "communicate communicate communicate". I mean, why would you want someone to go & buy something that you don't want. It frustrates them & dissapoints them as well, I think. It's nicer for them if they give you something you'd really want & use. Makes everyone happier. AND if the thing you want is for people to make a donation to some cause you support, I think that makes you, them AND the cause all happier. THAT'S what it's all about :D

seph_ski December 3 2009, 21:48:13 UTC

Thanks. It felt kind of whiny to me after I posted it. ...Because I was feeling kind of whiny when I wrote it. :)

But yeah, I don't think it's possible to communicate too much. It's just hard sometimes to make the right people listen.

avengangle December 3 2009, 21:15:42 UTC

I like getting people presents but I don't particularly care about receiving them, which is unfortunate because if everyone felt that way, there would be an awful lot of people giving gifts but no one receiving them.

So I understand where you're coming from and I didn't see it as self-indulgence . . . also, um, it's your blog. :)

seph_ski December 3 2009, 21:53:08 UTC

I actually love receiving gifts, and I think that's why the "what do you want" question makes me a little cranky. It's not the same when you have to request something, even though I'm sure the good intentions are sometimes still behind the gesture. It's a very different thing though, having someone present you with something they thought you'd like, verses having someone buy something that you asked them to buy for you. The first makes me feel all kinds of loved, and the second leaves me feeling a little ...weird.

takarosa December 3 2009, 22:34:51 UTC

I actually found that post inspiring, not whiny. It made me think about how I might change individual answers for myself, and which I'd leave as things that apply.

I especially felt an impact from the part about giving from the heart.

and it also gave me the understanding about why I haven't answered that exact question posed by my parents yesterday.

seph_ski December 3 2009, 23:03:23 UTC

Thank you.

If I ever were to ask you what you want for Christmas, I'd ask you to sit on my lap and whisper it in my ear. ;)

mzzzflossie December 5 2009, 18:35:48 UTC

I actually felt relieved that I wasn't the only one to think this way. So many of my friends (all VERY good people) are of the same mindset, too. If that's how you/we feel, that's how it is.

For the holidays, I'll send you my love and friendship. How's that sound?