I totally do not get why people feel it is okay to unload their problems on me. After five minutes of ranting, my eyes start glazing over. And it's not because I don't sympathize. I do. It's just that my philosophy is to not tell other people my problems. Or at least not tell other people too much of my problems. There's only so much attention span to go around before exasperation sets in.
What really annoys me is that all these problems I'm hearing about are just results of a bigger problem that people fail to see. Tunnel vision. If they'd just realize that focusing on one path is effectively boxing them off into a corner, they'd be so much happier with all the other opportunities sitting just along their periphery.
(Yes, I know the vagueness of my blathering could refer to anything: from boyfriends and career paths to finding a route or picking a brand of orange juice at the supermarket. But it's deliberately so.)
As for my car: It broke down, in the snow, approximately one hour after I was subjected to the ranting. To put it lightly, I am even more annoyed.
I wouldn't mind people unloading on me if they would ever take my advice but they don't. I rarely have that problem though. Maybe it's because they know I'll try to give advice and they don't want to hear it. :-)
