Vent time

I know you meet all sorts through life, but never have I ever met women like some of these military wives! I could generalize based on certain categories, but I won't do that. Basically I expected military wives to be much more united. I had way too high of hopes. 

Now, for the smaller vents (all stemming from a couple army wife Facebook groups I'm in (and should leave)): 

1. Learn to spell/ use proper grammar! "Are" and "our" are not the same word and cannot be used interchangeably. I've come to expect the "there/their/they're" dilemma to never resolve no matter how many quality English teachers there are in the world. "Done" means finished, not "do not". Etc etc etc. It is so difficult not to correct every single post, but as I do not know these people personally I think, hmmm, better not. 

2. I understand that 30's are like the new 20's... Or some silly expression like that. But does that mean 20's are the new adolescence? I read an article that basically said that is true, but does it have to be? Do we need to discuss high school locker room topics in a public forum? Do we need to be so catty and nasty to our (literal) neighbors on Facebook just to start drama? Go to school! Get a job! Do something with you life, ladies! (Many of these women never went to school and stay at home even without kids and then complain about money struggles)

3. I posted some items on one of the Facebook yard sale pages. Someone messaged about an item. When I said I was firm on price so please don't come and lowball (and I included in parentheses that this had happened to me numerous times before) they backed out because of the way I worded it. Seriously? We definitely aren't going to be friends from an exchange on a yard sale page and you take offense at my clarity in the item so you decide to pass on the least expensive, best quality item of it's kind on the page? Bravo to you. Thanks for wasting my time. 

4. Get a backbone! I feel I can say this because I used to be much more insecure and got walked all over. It took 6-7 years for me to overcome this. Thankfully, God provided me with a job that required me to so several things outside my comfort zone... And it taught me to be much more self-sufficient, to stand up for myself, and to move forward. So if I can do it, so can these... Well, don't be a wallflower and then complain. 

5. I'm thinking of another vent because I like to round lists off at good stopping points. Five is much better than four to stop. So... Vent 5: don't be a negative nancy and expect people to still want to hang out with you. Again, I have to take my own advice sometimes. But seriously, don't sulk and brood and complain all through a get together and expect to be best friends with the person. 

Ok. My late night vent over.