EPTOn January 24 2012 09:46 Swede wrote:
I know. Sometimes I feel like an asshole for hating people... But this thread makes it too easy. He's explained it so clearly so many times and most people still misunderstand.
This is my understanding:
The OP posted this not because he felt 'angry' (he has specified that at most he felt fleeting disappointment/annoyance), but because he was surprised by how his family reacted when it came up in conversation (he didn't bring it up). He then became curious if this was a normal reaction since his family/friends were so "unanimous in their surprise" (ie should he actually be angry? etc) and so decided to ask the TL population about the situation.
Stupidly, a lot of the people berating him actually suggested the exact course of action he took.
My opinion:
Your family/friends are overreacting. You made the right choice in not making something of it. Other posters have mentioned that celebrating your anniversary on that specific date might be more important if the relationship had been going on longer/was very serious (ie living together, considering engagement etc), which I can get behind. \
I know. Sometimes I feel like an asshole for hating people... But this thread makes it too easy. He's explained it so clearly so many times and most people still misunderstand.
This is my understanding:
The OP posted this not because he felt 'angry' (he has specified that at most he felt fleeting disappointment/annoyance), but because he was surprised by how his family reacted when it came up in conversation (he didn't bring it up). He then became curious if this was a normal reaction since his family/friends were so "unanimous in their surprise" (ie should he actually be angry? etc) and so decided to ask the TL population about the situation.
Stupidly, a lot of the people berating him actually suggested the exact course of action he took.
My opinion:
Your family/friends are overreacting. You made the right choice in not making something of it. Other posters have mentioned that celebrating your anniversary on that specific date might be more important if the relationship had been going on longer/was very serious (ie living together, considering engagement etc), which I can get behind. \
Thank you, sir, and Keksx, for actually reading, then stopping to think for a second before going into Internet crusader mode and getting overdramatic... Unlike plenty of people in this thread.
@Mr Bitter
If I sound like a dick for berating idiots that decide to attack me personally before exercising an element of critical thinking, then so be it. If people want to express an opinion in a civil manner, then that's a different matter. Unfortunately, though not unsurprisingly, the people who have attacked me personally have tended to be the people who just didn't read, or actually think about what they read, before making some conclusion about me. Frankly I don't care to try and educate each and every one of these people.
