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Mon 20 Jan, 2003 02:15 pm
More interested than, for example a friend who was
visiting - who, when her daughter was on my back
porch - she ruined my hammock swing. Now this
swinging hammock was a birthday gift from one of my
daughters and it was a thing that had not only great
sentimental value to me, but in which I had spent
countless very memorable hours - either taking a rest
after doing some work out in the yard - or just getting
out of the house to get a bit of fresh air, just dangling
there, swinging to and fro and thinking thoughts, watching
birds, squirrels & butterflys skittering around my back yard.
When confronted with the issue of paying for it to be
replaced or repaired - she said; "Oh that was just an old
swing anyway, it wasn't worth anything".
That woman is no longer MY friend. She has zero
appreciation for the value of anything. Her parents bought
her a house - paid for cash in full - she just lives in it. You
would THINK that she would take good care of such a
valuable gift. But she doesn't. She buys 3 or 4 dogs or cats
or birds at a time & lets them destroy the carpet, and the
wallpaper - even the plaster is terribly damaged from one of
the dogs trying to chew his way out of the kitchen. Her
parents continue to pay for repairs. I suppose I can see why,
since it was their money invested in it.... but all they are
teaching her is that she can do the same thing over and over
and never have to pay any consequences.
If someone comes into MY home, and breaks something
that belongs to me, and does not show even the slightest
hint of remorse or desire to set the matter straight - then
it appears to be very clear to me that this individual is
saying in essence "I do not care about you, or about your
home, or the things you value highly".
The reason that I value my home and try to take care of
it the very best that I can - is that no one GAVE it to me.
I have had to make every one of these mortgage payments.
So my former friend's behavior was and still is - a good
lesson for me - I value what I have because it has come
at a very dear price, in terms of my time - my hours of
work - or a gift from a child born from my body - and if
ever someone comes into my home again - and doesn't
treat me, and my home with the same respect that I do,
then that person is no friend of mine. Some lessons are
learned the hard way... for me anyway.
Babs, I wouldn't have someone like that in my home either.
Anything I have I bought myself, it wasn't given to me and if someone doesn't appreciate and respect my home, they will not be invited again.
It really turns my stomach to see people disrespect a person's home, their hard work and their castle.
Some people just don't teach their children good manners any more. They don't have the right kind of home to begin with in order to foster a good personality in the child. I don't understand how someone can be so insensitive.
Quote:When confronted with the issue of paying for it to be
replaced or repaired - she said; "Oh that was just an old
swing anyway, it wasn't worth anything".
The person was apparently beaten severely with a "stupid stick" at some point in her life. Seems to be a lot of people in the world who have undergone similar beatings.
I have made an incredible profit selling stupid sticks as well as ugly sticks, I have also recently finished development on our new model: the jerk stick.
I'll take one of those jerk sticks. (Oh, it's not for that?)
Never mind then.
Those have been one of our more popular sticks after blindness and hairy palms were proven to be just old wive's tales.
Hey, Individual, look at our two avatars, mine sneaking up behind yours.... pretty scary lookin'
I was about to say something about a cliff edge but decided to stop all of the sexual innuendo.
Many people can't respect things that they themselves didn't pay for. It's stupid but what I've found, in my experience, to be true.
That tends to be true if they are an obnoxious brat, otherwise, people (smart people) cherish what other people have given them as gifts.
I think that respect for others belongings is a trait that is taught by parents or learned by the person when they are told of the snetimental/monetary value an object holds.
Being told the value of money never worked for me, what really did it was to be told how many hours go into making and what kind of emotional investment is put into each product
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