Ya Know What?

I hate when friends try and tell me that something we've both gone through was worse for them than it was was for me. And I hate even more the insinuation that I welcomed my unfortunate experience or something equally absurd.

Just because we've been through similar unpleasant experiences and I pushed through mine without talking about it much doesn't mean it didn't affect me as much as yours affected you.

Coping with something without letting it ruin my life is completely acceptable behavior, hell, I'm pretty sure it's a favorable thing to most people.

Life can suck, yes. It throws curve balls and the world can feel like its closing in, but that doesn't mean that you have to let it push you over the edge. I've been dealt my fair share of shitty hands and I've played my cards to the best of my ability. I'm not perfect and I've felt like I couldn't possibly come out on top but I have and I've fought my battles as well as I could.

And I even done so without blabbing my big fat mouth about every experience to everyone and anyone who would listen. I don't like being pitied and I sure as hell don't like being stared at like people are waiting for me to crack and never recover.

It is what it is and I've been through what I've been through but don't for an instant think that I've gone out of my way to live the roughest experiences possible.

Shit happens and apparently I just dealt with it differently than you did but it doesn't mean you're the only one who's suffered.