May 07, 2003

apart from that

Have a close acquaintance who has horrible misfortune of never being happy.

Or at least, would seem is not happy unless he has someone to be upset with. He pouts, fusses and makes enormous displays of being displeased with those he is closest to. If he's upset with his significant other, yours truly is in v. good graces. Yet, if things are running smoothly in that department, am in the shithouse. And for things that HE does wrong.

He says something ridiculously rude, and as am prone to shrug such things off, do so, and thus become recipient of the world's coldest shoulder. He breaks something, borrows something and doesn't return it, and gets mystically angry at this gal. Eh?? Dear lord, is it possible that he has eternal PMS?

Thus, spend most of my time around said Mr. Poopy Pants, watching my every move. Try to say what should be least misconstrued, make sure nothing is in his way, and still, suffer the wrath of his unpredictable, and if am being honest, totally FUCKING ANNOYING bad moods.

Apart from that, the two of us get along just fine.

Posted by This Fish at May 7, 2003 08:55 AM
Comments

are you sure this guy isn't my 8-year-old brother?

Posted by: tab at May 7, 2003 09:13 AM

Sounds like he has "Seesaw Syndrome." He can't keep all of his life together at the same time, so when something's going good everything else suffers.

With close acquaintances like that, who needs enemies? Or enemas, for that matter!

Posted by: Texas T-bone at May 7, 2003 09:45 AM

Holy crap. You just totally summed up my relationship with an acquaintance (she pisses me off too much to call her a friend) who, at the tender age of 23, is totally and completely convinced that she has fucked up her life for good, and nothing anyone says will persuade her otherwise. I've never met a more chronically unhappy person in my life. Hanging out with her is exhausting.

Eventually, you reach a point where you just give up. But then she thinks you don't care about her, and the whole cycle just starts all over again.

Posted by: Jenny at May 7, 2003 09:59 AM

Sounds like somebody needs their ass severely kicked in order to appreciate the good things in life (like a Fish for a friend). Is Joe available for these kinds of things?

Posted by: Michael at May 7, 2003 10:47 AM

Eeeeeeeeeeee.
People like this make me EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....

Posted by: Joe CuttheShit at May 7, 2003 11:22 AM

LOL. Mr Poopy Pants...

Posted by: Lisa at May 7, 2003 12:15 PM

good thing you are call this person an acquaintance and not a friend.

Posted by: hubs at May 7, 2003 01:11 PM

Fish, just out of curiosity, how does his significant other react to/put up with such bullshit?

Posted by: Jenny at May 7, 2003 02:44 PM

Maybe this is the time to stop thinking *everything* is about you. Maybe "he" is only in this perpetual bad mood around a certain fish...

Posted by: ralph at May 7, 2003 04:31 PM

I think we've found another Mr. Poop Pants.

Posted by: Texas T-bone at May 7, 2003 05:39 PM

poo... i know people like that.

good one, t-bone! our miss fish knows to pay no mind to the incendiary commentors of the likes of this ralph.

Posted by: sassylittlepunkin at May 7, 2003 06:12 PM

Fishy fish! I totally just adopted my very own Reluctant Kitten! I'm excited but I'm also terrified of the committment...reassure me that its gonna be ok!!!

Posted by: Cati at May 7, 2003 07:13 PM

Ralph - You're absolutely right! It makes perfect sense. Since not everything is about me... then it MUST be that he is in a bad mood around me. Such amazing logic. Can we be friends? 'Cause you're the best. freakshow Oh, and in this day and age, your name doesn't leave your mark. Your COMPUTER does. I know who you are.

Cati! Yay! You're going to be a great kitten mother.

Posted by: Fish at May 7, 2003 09:15 PM

At the ripe old age of seventeen, have also experienced a rather too-large dose of such acquaintances. In light of prior months, wonder if perennial unhappiness is contagious.

Also wonder about sudden dropping of pronouns in pseudo-presence of Fish. Ha.

Posted by: jian at May 7, 2003 09:46 PM

He sounds unpleasantly narcissistic. He might be able to get away with being a pain in the tush now, but when he's 50 and the cement of this personality settles, he'll find himself dumped by pretty much everyone except the men who are like himself. Bitter beer-guts bitching in the bar.

Posted by: Katherine at May 8, 2003 01:28 AM

That's some fabulous alliteration.

Posted by: jian at May 8, 2003 02:32 AM

No advice, just an observation: Life's. Too. Short.

Posted by: Lex at May 9, 2003 10:05 AM