Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Somehow my parents, during their stay, managed to completely knock (what little there was of) my self-confidence. Are there any quick-fix solutions for getting it back? What do you do when you feel you’ve been misunderstood and maligned by someone?


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  1. sushidog

    Kill them and hide the bodies. Works every time.
    Failing that, hang out with your friends, and remember that they (we, actually) think you’re very cool. Or throw a party and invite lots of people, an escapologist, and a patio heater. :-)

    Good to see you yesterday, thankyou for coming!

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    • neilh

      Not sure I could lay the patio so neatly once they’re under it…

      Thank you for inviting me – good to see everyone again (and especially nice to see you looking splendid and having a fabulous time), but I’m going to need a reminder for who Chris and Krys are in LJ-land…?

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  2. ex_lark_asc

    You post to lj and all your friends tell you waht an incredibly good bloke you are. *hug*

    I hate parents in general for exactly the reason that only they can do that kind of thing to successful thirtysomethings; I should auction my services as a sarcastic parent-resizing housemate on Ebay.

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    • neilh

      Thank you. But that wasn’t the intention of the post…doubtless find a use for such services should they be available, maybe I could reprogam a furbie with a bunch of samples? I think there’d be a market for that.

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  4. neilh

    No, thats probably not the answer…

    Dunno about successful, not sure thats really the problem, its a bit more of a how-to-relate-to-people thing, they’re making judgements about how I deal with people based on their experiences of dealing with people in their generation.

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  5. neilh

    Thats the problem – they’re so damned right, its just that it was phrased so badly it hurt. So I just went quiet, since it was about how I talk about events and things in my life, which just made everything spiral down.

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  7. neilh

    This is it, I can’t decide, in some ways they’re right, but in others they are so far removed from the way my life (and modern society) is that they can’t understand it – transpose me into their generation and I’d be an inconsiderate oaf of no practical use to society. Erm…

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