When is it my turn? « life

The selfishness of people in my life never ceases to amaze me. I do nothing but put others' feelings and needs above my own because that is what a good friend is supposed to do. I have spent countless nights on the phone or in person listening, giving advice, and consoling. I'm not complaining about doing these things–I love helping people. But I what I am upset about is how no one else seems to think this is what friends do. There aren't many problems in my life that can't be solved by helping someone else, but there are a few issues that I admittedly struggle with. So when one of these issues is brought to the surface, I expect the same support I have given each and every person in my life. Instead, I get nothing but people who are just pretending to listen so they can move on to talking about themselves. I'm sick of it. My patience for everyone is wearing thin. I don't understand why people are so SELFISH. I rarely talk about my problems, so common sense should tell you that when I do mention something, it is probably kind of important to me. I'm not asking you to stop talking to me. I'm just asking that when I decide to talk, you listen like I listen to you. This entry was posted on April 3, 2011 at 11:36 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.