"IDGAF!"
"I trust no one..."
"I'm heartless."
Gotta love these phrases. Most of the time, they are defense mechanisms and/or disguises for one's true thoughts and feelings. Typically, the "IDGAF" people ('I don't give a f***' to the lingo-challenged) say they don't care, but will spend hours upon hours going on a tirade about "how many f**** they give." The "I trust no one" type are similar to the IDGAF type, only they feel it necessary to reiterate how small their inner circle is, how "all they got in this cold, cold world" are themselves, or some other Tony Montana idiom. Oh, but the "I'm heartless type" are the worst. Through continuous bashing of the opposite sex, these types will glorify the single life and proudly don the title of 'player' or 'pimp', but in the same breath, complain about how they're sick of being lonely.
Myself? Yes, I can honestly say I DID fall into one of the aforementioned categories before realizing that I was lying to Christina. I tend to trust people because I try to see the good in everyone, I am oft too cautious to not hurt anyone's feelings for me to be labeled heartless, and sometimes I care too much to say IDGAF. I guess if I had to give it my type a name, it would be...human.
The worst thing we can do as human beings is deny ourselves the ability to be vulnerable and trust other human beings. People will argue that hiding those human feelings is safe b/c other humans capitalize on that, but the heart is what separates us from animals and reminds us of our humanity.
ReplyDeleteThat read like a poem B. Great comment!
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