A note on being upset.

[wolven7]

Sometimes things suck. That is the entire point. They suck, and then they may or may not get better. Most solutions, like most problems, are temporary. Doesn't mean you don't try to work through, but it does mean that you may not always want to hear the solutions posited, by others. The thing that sucks, at that time, is what matters, and that someone or something understand the problem. Solutions are for later.

That's my thought on this, right now.

Later.

Comments

[smokierings.livejournal.com]

This is a hard lesson for many people to learn. They're always in a hurry to hand you a solution, whether valid or not. It's rare that someone actually realizes this in time to shut up and listen.

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Yep. Many try to say that men can't listen, and that women don't know how to solve a problem, but it's Everyone. We all want to hand out solutions and make things better, but, many times, the best way to make things better is to listen, understand, and empathise, for just a second. then find out if the person WANTS a solution, before trying to hand them out.