one of my major pet peeves is when someone says to me, "i KNOW you're going to love this" and i don't. in fact, sometimes i absolutely hate it, and i will therefore forever slightly despise that person for thinking i'd "love" whatever person/place/thing it is, because clearly that means that they have no idea who i am. (PH, i feel like you'll comment on this - please note that i'm disregarding the fact that many times i just purposely rebel against something when someone tries a little too hard to make me like it; i'm not referring to such instances).
an example of the aforementioned is the movie donnie darko.
on the other hand, sometimes someone gets it just right, and i absolutely adore the thing that they are telling me i will.
like so.
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i guess i never really understood your aversion to the idea of someone else "knowing" you'll love something. it's a phrase i evoke too often to friends, meaning nothing more than "i hope you like it like i do so we can talk about how great it is."
i was saying that i have the aversion when someone "knows" but turns out they are wrong...i'm completely thrilled when they "know" i like something and are, in fact, spot on.
also, saying "i hope you like something" and "i know you'll like something" are two totally different things. i'm cool with the hoping.
(maybe i just shouldn't write 'feeling' posts after rowdy smp reunions).
is this a "feeling" post? like mine was yesterday? maybe make a feelings post then make a graph to cleanse the pallate a bit.
my dad says, a lot, "you'll love this, this is your kinda thing." and he's wrong almost always, which is a drag.
but my mom will give me random gifts at Christmas or birthdays sometimes that come from nowhere and are things I didn't even KNOW I would love so much as I do.
in other words, i empathize.
That's a cool blog - he must have the patience of a saint!
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