I DON'T GET IT

Why is it some people feel the need to just blow in and out of your perfectly happy day with their troubles blaring out of them like trumpets leading a charge?

And why is it these same people don't stick around long enough to talk out their problems with you, to actually try and come to some happy conclusion? They blow in, vent on you (usually making you feel like your responsible for whatever problem it is they have) and then they blow on out. Having thoroughly destroyed your good mood in the process, they leave you reeling in a sea of confusion, worry and bitterness...

It makes no sense to me. If you are so unhappy, why bring others down with you? Why pop into someone's day just long enough to F*ck them up and then leave? Do these people try to mess up the highest possible number of people in a day by doing "drive-by bad moods"?

I don't know. It's sad. I used to do it too. I'd walk into a room with someone, usually someone who was having a decent enough day, and I'd just trample all over their good mood for about five minutes and then I'd run off. Usually claiming it's better I spend this time by myself.

Of course, I never apologized to that person for, quite effectively, ruining their good mood. Honestly, I guess in those days it never occured to me.

And now, today, I can't relate at all to that kind of person anymore. I mean, if you're going to stomp on someone's bliss parade, you might want to stick around and see if they can help. Don't just trounce on their good vibes.

Good vibes are just as infectious as bad ones. Maybe by giving them a little time to recover, they can infect you with some of their positivity?

Just a thought...