Okay, so I was talking to my friend the other day. We were discussing this one girl that we both know and don't particularly like. My friend was talking about how annoying she was and how she had done something stupid recently and we were laughing. He then turned to me and asked, "You don't like her, huh?" to which I replied, "No. Why? Do you?" I was incredulous. Shouldn't it be obvious from our former conversation that I was no fan of hers? He then said, "Well, I don't know, it's not that I don't like her, it's just that I wouldn't hang out with her." I gaped, mouth-open, dumbfounded expression slapped onto my face...
How is it that we are so delusional? Is no one honest anymore? What is so wrong about saying that you don't like someone. I mean, it's not like they don't know. It's not like they can't tell. Wouldn't it be nicer just to tell the truth? I've noticed that saying "I don't like you." or "I don't like them." has become extremely taboo. We say all kinds of things instead, and ceaselessly jabber on and on...talking in circles and doing almost anything to avoid simply stating that you don't like them. If you can say, "I wouldn't hang out with them", "She/He is soooo annoying", or "Why won't they just go away?" then what is so very wrong with just saying the truth...even if it's just to yourself.
There's way too much pressure on everyone to "get along" and people will sit there and pretend to like someone, to their own possible detriment (some people really are in danger of driving you crazy.) Sometimes...wait for it...it's really okay to not get along with someone. This is revolutionary stuff, here: We don't all have to be friends. Sometimes you just won't get along with someone...for good reason, and just because you don't like them doesn't mean you have to hate them. There's lots of grey area here to be embraced. You can be aquaintences. You can be collegues. You can just be two people who don't talk to each other. However, if you are tired of struggling to keep your will to live around a certain someone...here are some good ways to let them know that you simply can't stand them:
5.) "I can't stand you. Let's not be friends."
4.) "I don't like you."
3.) "If you are here for one more second, I may cause one of us physical harm."
2.) "I'm too busy to pretend to like you right now...let's not."
1.) "I don't like you."
Okay. So maybe that was kind of mean. But that's just me... I'm sure YOU can come up with a much nicer way to tell that boring, obnoxious, or know-it-all person that you just aren't interested in breathing the same air as them...ever.
