Pet Peeves

I have a small collection of pet peeves. Everyone does, I suppose. Some of mine are pretty common place. I hate when toothpaste, shaving cream, shampoo, or body wash is allowed to leak out of the container. I hate it when two boxes of the same cereal are open at the same time or if there's more than one roll of TP in use.

I think my biggest pet peeve is by far the most upsetting. I despise it when I'm hanging out with a friend or group of friends and another friend comes along and makes themself the center of attention. You know the type; always have a story for everything, experienced at anything your friends are interested in, or just like to talk. Maybe they're legit. Maybe they have done everything they claim to have done. That's not really the point, though. The point is that you are suddenly not interesting at all and nothing you can say will change that, because, let's face it, all you know is stupid random facts that nobody really cares about except as random interesting tidbits that they aren't ever going to remember. Maybe it's endearing and quirky, but it doesn't mean that you're on the same level as the other person.

Then there's that friend who insists that they be the center of attention and, knowingly or not, belittle you and what you say until you're sitting in the corner watching everything else go on. They tend to not be subtle about these things, either. They want the center of attention, and they take it. Nothing you say or do amounts to much of any importance, and if they decide that what your saying doesn't make sense or is foolish, there's no salvaging your thought, and it's best to let them have their fun and drop it entirely.

Now, that doesn't mean that these people aren't fun to hang around with. Because in the right doses, they are fun. But they can be overbearing and too much. Especially when you're just trying to hang out with your friends and have them actually be YOUR FRIENDS.

C'est la vie. Ce ne fait rien.