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[December 28th, 2009 at 3 pm] |
All peoples considering adding/keeping me as a friend must read this entry and comment saying they've read it. I just want to keep things straight so there is no confusion. It'll save us a lot of heartache, trust me.
1. I have depression. I don't want to stamp a 'clinical' on it, because I'm not the type of person that waves diagnoses in people's faces to get attention. But it does need to be known that:
Being depressed, I am pessimistic. My entries will not be full of happy fluff. They will contain rants, angry ventings and how life seems to be unfair at the time. They will also include an occasional "woe is me, cheer me up?" post. Sometimes we all, as humans, need an ego boost, true?
2. I am a non-traditional, non-conformist Pagan. What this means:
I don't beat around the Blessed bush. I say hi, simply because I am not comfortable with these newfound greetings, and for others who are not of a Pagan path it seems respectful to say "hello" as a means of establishing common ground. Same for Merry Meet. I will say 'see you soon', 'talk to you later', 'goodbye' etc. This also means:
Just because I want a little respect on my end of things (which means "CHRISTmas" may have another meaning for me. If I do not say Merry Christmas it doesn't mean I have no respect for you, it just means that Merry Christmas isn't my preferred holiday greeting of choice. I will say it if I know you're Christian and it is in private conversation. If in public conversation, or here on my journal, I will say Happy Holidays so as not to exclude others of a separate faith.
3. I am completely honest. I see no point in lying, it's cruel and will bite you twice either way.
4. I try to be mindful of others, though sometimes, being human, it doesn't work. If I say something hurtful or to offend you, please be courteous to me, as I would you, and tell me about it. How can we know what's going on in eachother's head if we don't tell eachother about it?
5. If you have no respect for me, I have none for you. And so there's no point in maintaining a friendship. I will apologize if I've done something wrong or hurtful, I hope that I can get the same in kind.
Please comment saying you've read this. I hate to do things this way, but I think it will only be temporary, and for right now, will hopefully avoid conflict later on down the line.
EDIT: Comments are screened. If I reply, I will go back and screen comments, Just to be safe.
thanks everyone.
--Dawnfire--
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