we are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.

Alright, today's quote is from Mason Cooley. Wikipedia describes him as "an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms," which is no help to me due to the fact that I don't know what an aphorist or aphorism is. So I had to look up that word too and an aphorism is a "statement of general principle condensing much wisdom into a few words." You're welcome for the lesson. I encourage you to use these words in everyday conversation from this point on.

"We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled."

I agree 100%. I have issues. Let's just put that out there. I can't take a compliment to save my life. I get confused if someone calls me funny and god forbid someone calls me pretty, you might as well just give up there. I don't know why I'm more comfortable receiving a terribly insulting remark, but I just do. Maybe it's the consistent pessimist viewpoint on life that does it.

Then again, I always think people are joking. So when a dude calls me a bitch, I'm like, "Eh, you're a douchebag" and I move on in life. If he were to compliment me, I react as if they just told me I have a disease. It's just not something I'm comfortable with. Any ideas as to why? My parents hugged me as a child. I was raised in a good family. Yeah, we were sarcastic a solid 87% of the time, but it's not like my mom called me a fat cow and my dad told me I was a waste of space and I was just used to it.

Moral of the story is that Delaney needs to learn how to take a compliment; because I cannot go through life just accepting insults and turning down compliments. That's how you get in abusive relationships. And bruises and cuts aren't cute. I can't pull it off like Rihanna did. (Was that inappropriate?... sorry!)



10/28/10- UPDATE:
I'm feelin' under the weather so I visited the university clinic today & the man at the desk told me that my (hideous) ID picture was good. I told him he was nuts and he looked at me and said "you're supposed to say thank you." A) I found that a little rude, but I guess I was too when I told him he was nuts for thinking that. B) I really can't take a compliment. I suck.