Complain

The most boring conversation is people complaining about the weather. It has to be the all time dull thing to talk about. To mention the weather or talk about how much you are enjoying the warm or cold weather is fine.

Most of the time I try to stay up beat and not complain, sometimes I just can’t help myself and I have to talk about things that are bothering me. The reason I try to keep this to a minimum is from living with my mother. She never stopped complaining about everything and it was really boring.


I have to say that my tolerance for others to complain it not very high. After a while I have to stop them and try to bring up something good. Otherwise we can all go on a complain fest that will never end.

There are people I know I can’t talk to very long, since I have to hear the same complaints from them I did a year ago, and I can’t take it to have the same conversation all over again. My one friend talks to me about the same things as she did ten years ago. Should she go to school to learn to cut hair? Are there any apartments around me that are for rent, and do I know of them? Since she didn’t go to school ten years ago when she should have I don’t think she ever will. Since I am a homeowner I don’t look for rentals anymore. I don’t answer her calls; I just can’t have the same conversation for ten years running.

I still care about her, I hope she does well. It’s just that I can’t keep saying the same things. Ten years ago I encouraged her to go back to school and I always tell her the same thing. Drive around areas you want to live in and see if there are places for rent. Do I have to say that again? It’s not my fault that she has never taken the opportunity to improve herself; just like it wasn’t my fault that my mother had two marriages end in divorce. If I have to hear either one of those conversations I will feel like pulling out my hair.

Complaining works for a short time. Yes we can’t keep everything bottled up. It’s just that we have to leave some things and move on. Really, you are going to tell me year after year that you hate exercise and are still overweight? I can’t take it.

Whatever our complaints are, we have to ask ourselves. What am I going to do to change it? How can I make things better? If I can’t make it better, can I let it go? I know there are things I need to let go.