Article Contributed on: 7/7/2009 10:18:41 PM
You know, I get accused of overthinking everything by my dear husband. He has sometimes gotten to the point where he tells me I need to go talk to my girlfriends if I want to analyze every little detail to death out loud.
But I have a reason why I think so deeply. sometimes I come up with answers.
I wonder why I've said stupid and hurtful things that have ruined relationships with people who are fragile. Like, I knew these people had peculiarities but I didn't really understand, and then I've said ex-act-ly what would stick a pin right in them and cause them pain, and not meant to do it!
They think I meant to do that and I didn't, I was just searching for meaning and I became a stupid jerk!
But what I think was happening was that principle where your best quality is also your worst one. I told my sister something, and I told things about a cherished friend. It was the ultimate in tastelessness and thoughtlessness.
The thing that I have in common with all my regrets is this:
I was trying to come up with something interesting to say, that's all.