Please don’t let me be misunderstood

Over the past few weeks I’ve gotten some terrible news about myself. People around me are somehow misunderstanding me. I don’t know how that happened.

First, Renee breaks up with me and says part of the reason is “not what you say, but how you say it”.

Then my job lets me go due to what I consider a huge lack of communication between my boss and me. It’s like I was saying the words but they weren’t being understood.

Finally, DubDub and I are talking on the phone. She says I’ve been feisty lately. “What do you mean feisty?” I ask her “Can you give me an example?” She can’t come up with a specific example but has a problem with “not what you say, but how you say it”. Sound familiar?

I really, truly and honestly don’t know what I’m doing wrong. These are general statements of dislike without specific examples to learn from. I see a trend but I don’t know how to stop it. I wouldn’t mind if others were thrown by my words but it affects me greatly when I’m losing jobs and relationships over it.

Needless to say I was not happy with having that exact phrasing thrown in my face and the call with DubDub ended abruptly.

Work-wise, I’m the kind of person that, if you ask me to do something, I’m going to do it. I’ve always prided myself on keeping my commitments and doing what I said I would do. I’m not perfect, but I’m trainable. It sounds like, halfway through a life I’ve already lived, it’s time for a hard look at the way I’m doing things. I’m not big on massive changes but I’m okay with little corrections every now and again.

Maybe it’s time to take a hard look at my life as a whole. I haven’t done a good reckoning in quite some time.

Let the accounting begin.

Top 10 Cartoon Duo's

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