Re: Are you very territorial?

[Anonymous]

Space, possessions, people…you name it. If it were socially acceptable to actually pee on things to ‘mark’ them, I’d at least try it.

I’ve gotten worse as I’ve gotten older. Growing up I lived in a an average sized house with my parents, 3 sisters and ONE BATHROOM. I adjusted accordingly. All through college, roommates. At one point, as many as five at a time. I lived with a roommate shortly after college and even though I lucked out and she was the BEST, it still drove me insane. I’ve lived alone for 6 years now…bliss.

I can also relate to the kid thing too. I work in an office that is shared with a pediatrician’s lobby. Can I just tell you that I fear that I’m going to be the old child hating spinster because there is a certain octave to a kid’s voice that sends me out of my mind! I had to go on a road trip with my 4 year old nephew last month and it took me 2 days to ‘decompress’. Now, to be honest, he was an absolute monster the entire time, but I honestly thought “Do I hate all kids now? Is this who I am?” Now I have other nieces and nephews that I adore, and most of the time, I enjoy being around this one as well, but I find I’m less ‘tolerant’ of misbehavior from the little ones. Everyone tells me that it’s ‘different’ when they’re yours, but I don’t have any, don’t see ’em in the near future and don’t know that it’s even true.

I have even been known to get ‘weird’ around friends. If I introduce two people to each other and they begin to forge a friendship and do things without me, I get insulted. I’ve worked on this a lot as I understand that I don’t have to be everyone’s ONLY friend, but I have this fear of being ‘left behind’ so I would find myself seething when I heard that people got together and didn’t include me.

Listing all of these things makes me feel like I should be alone in a cabin somewhere writing a manifesto on a manual typewriter….Yikes!

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