Musings

I really, truly apologize for not being able to post last night. I wanted to, but my computer was all "no," and I was all, "fine, I'm goin' to bed." True story.

So I've been thinking, what causes us to dislike someone? Is it the way they act? They way they look? The way they dress? Or is there some cosmic reason beyond our control that dictates we won't like someone, no matter how much we want to?

Firstly, that cosmic reason stuff? False. There's a legitimate reason for everything. A simple "God made it that way," just isn't the case when it comes to stuff like this. Maybe I'm making a bigger deal out of this than I need to. Perhaps you already knew that there's a reason for disliking someone, as stupid or valid as that reason may be. Regardless, now you know my view on it. There's a discernible reason for nearly everything.

Before I start hearing cries of "But what about my cancer?" or "What about my family losing their jobs?" I'm going to tell you that I don't have these aforementioned reasons. Believe me, I wish I did, but I just don't. No one does. Even if we did know the answers this such tragedies as cancer and job loss and natural disasters, we probably wouldn't like them. So there's my take on it. Reason? Yes. Do we need to know it? Probably not.

So, back to disliking people. What do you do about it? Do you just ignore them and hope that you have to deal with them as little as possible? That's generally what I do. But what about when you have to deal with them? As I write this post, it seems kind of silly, since I've already voiced a complaint to several of my friends regarding this person, and now I'm just beating a dead horse. He's not going anywhere, I know. But there are other people I don't like. I'm not about to give you a list, but it's true.

So I suppose I'm really asking for advice here. How do you deal with people you don't like but are forced to interact with anyway? Simply keep a civil tongue and try to enjoy yourself? Or do you have some secret way of dealing with things that you should totally share with me?