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I mentioned this in the young adults forum too but I just thought I'd get you guys' thoughts as well...
I've been in a very good mood lately. My depression has lifted, I have an awesome boyfriend who I love very much, I found some good job opportunities I want to check out, and things are just going great. Well when I start feeling good like that I come out of my shell a little bit. Usually I don't like being around people or talking to anyone other than on the Internet, but today I was in a good mood and was feeling outgoing. So when I went grocery shopping with my parents and saw one of my old coworkers pushing carts in the parking lot, I stopped to say hi and chat for a bit. Now this former coworker is a guy, so my mother completely flipped out on me. She thinks it was stupid of me to say hi to him because if I hadn't then he wouldn't have seen me at all and I could have just left. She also thinks I was trying to "hook up" with him, which I'm not. I have a boyfriend! But see I'm used to having guys as friends, because when I was growing up my best friend was a boy who lived next door, and ever since then I've just been more comfortable around guys. My mother thinks guys can only be friends with girls during childhood. She thinks that as an adult it's impossible for a man to think of a woman as anything but a potential sex partner. This upsets me because I have a lot of guy friends who would NEVER take advantage of me, and some of them are even engaged. Isn't it a little unfair to say that all men only want one thing from women? But anyway I went straight from being on top of the world to being cast down in the dirt. She later apologized and admitted to judging my former co-worker without even having met him, but it still hurts and I'm still feeling pretty low. She's managed to make me feel guilty over something I honestly don't think I should have to feel guilty about. I hate when she does this! Can anyone relate?
I've been in a very good mood lately. My depression has lifted, I have an awesome boyfriend who I love very much, I found some good job opportunities I want to check out, and things are just going great. Well when I start feeling good like that I come out of my shell a little bit. Usually I don't like being around people or talking to anyone other than on the Internet, but today I was in a good mood and was feeling outgoing. So when I went grocery shopping with my parents and saw one of my old coworkers pushing carts in the parking lot, I stopped to say hi and chat for a bit. Now this former coworker is a guy, so my mother completely flipped out on me. She thinks it was stupid of me to say hi to him because if I hadn't then he wouldn't have seen me at all and I could have just left. She also thinks I was trying to "hook up" with him, which I'm not. I have a boyfriend! But see I'm used to having guys as friends, because when I was growing up my best friend was a boy who lived next door, and ever since then I've just been more comfortable around guys. My mother thinks guys can only be friends with girls during childhood. She thinks that as an adult it's impossible for a man to think of a woman as anything but a potential sex partner. This upsets me because I have a lot of guy friends who would NEVER take advantage of me, and some of them are even engaged. Isn't it a little unfair to say that all men only want one thing from women? But anyway I went straight from being on top of the world to being cast down in the dirt. She later apologized and admitted to judging my former co-worker without even having met him, but it still hurts and I'm still feeling pretty low. She's managed to make me feel guilty over something I honestly don't think I should have to feel guilty about. I hate when she does this! Can anyone relate?
