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June 30, 2004
Blaming Everybody Else
I came across a blog the other day, and I've been reading through it with mixed fascination and horror. The writer is a woman who claims to have some sort of environmental illness or chemical sensitivity, but who lacks the understanding to see that her self-diagnosis is a load of crap. Example: she claims to have a lot of allergies to mold. Fine and well, and some people do. But she also claims to love being in tropical rainforests, that somehow the air there is better for her than "inside" air. I can't think of a better place to find naturally occurring toxic mold than a tropical rainforest.
Anyway, apart from the total bullshit self-diagnosis, she also spends a lot of time trying to blame other people for being "toxic" or "unsupportive." Roommates, friends, lovers: they all take the blame for not supporting her and not adhering to her picky rules about how space around her has to be managed (because of her Great Illness). Lately, she has been talking about getting a job, but apparently she's backing out of that, as well, on account of her health and how she's not sure that the job will take her in the right direction (except, of course, that it will give her money to live off of).
I have little patience for people who are willing to blame anybody but themselves for where they are right now. And when they add to that using a bogus illness to try to force people to do what they want... that's about as disgusting as you can get, in my book. I'd rather deal with somebody who is imperfect and admits to being imperfect as a part of being human. Somebody who presents themself as the eternal victim, pure of heart and spirit, beset by the demon of ill health, is just going to make me want to get away as fast as possible.
Speaking of blaming everybody but yourself, I'm anxious to get the papers from the San Francisco sheriff, showing that our former landlady has been served with notice of the small claims court date. I wish I could have paid an extra $20 to have the event videotaped a la COPS, but apparently they don't offer that service.
Posted by ayse on 06/30/04 at 7:27 PM