This Just Isn't Cool....
May. 6th, 2003 10:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badstarMike (my stepfather) pisses me off. Often. It's one of his special talents. He did again today.
I was checking out one of the songs that I downloaded by Rhea's Obsession. It was a Christmas song...We Three Kings...really cool version with a really Middle-Eastern sound. Mike was standing here making a sandwich or somethign, and making a comment about how he was a traditionalist when it came to Christmas music and just didn't like that. Ok no big deal. Mike and I don't share much common taste in music other than Kansas and stuff like that. I like it, I downloaded it for me not him, and if he doesn't like it it doesn't hurt me any. I said as much and went back to my business and he starts in on how "Oh, it's ok. It's just a phase, you'll learn someday."
The stuff I like, the music I listen to, the style of Christmas decoration I like is just a phase...nothing to be ashamed of, I'll get over it when I'm a little older and more mature.
The fact that I like Pepsi and can't stand Coke, that I disagree with him on a lot of political issues, that I'm an artist, that I wear clothes that he thinks are ugly...Nevermind that that may just be what I like, it's just a phase.
Dammit, I'm really insulted. What I like is what I like...if I ever change my mind it will be because I like somethgn else or whatever... It's not because I'm an immature kid now. I just like different stuff than he does. It's always been like this....If I say or think somethign that he doesn't like or disagrees with, it's either just plain wrong or "It's ok, you'll grow out of it" in a REALLY patronizing tone.
Why can't I just like differnt things, and it be what I like because it's what I like, or what I think, or do or whatever.
I dunno, I'm just human. I'm ok. I don't expect or even want that everyone likes and thinks and does like I do. But don't patronize me about it. Don't treat me like I'm a 5 year old who just doesn't know better.
I was checking out one of the songs that I downloaded by Rhea's Obsession. It was a Christmas song...We Three Kings...really cool version with a really Middle-Eastern sound. Mike was standing here making a sandwich or somethign, and making a comment about how he was a traditionalist when it came to Christmas music and just didn't like that. Ok no big deal. Mike and I don't share much common taste in music other than Kansas and stuff like that. I like it, I downloaded it for me not him, and if he doesn't like it it doesn't hurt me any. I said as much and went back to my business and he starts in on how "Oh, it's ok. It's just a phase, you'll learn someday."
The stuff I like, the music I listen to, the style of Christmas decoration I like is just a phase...nothing to be ashamed of, I'll get over it when I'm a little older and more mature.
The fact that I like Pepsi and can't stand Coke, that I disagree with him on a lot of political issues, that I'm an artist, that I wear clothes that he thinks are ugly...Nevermind that that may just be what I like, it's just a phase.
Dammit, I'm really insulted. What I like is what I like...if I ever change my mind it will be because I like somethgn else or whatever... It's not because I'm an immature kid now. I just like different stuff than he does. It's always been like this....If I say or think somethign that he doesn't like or disagrees with, it's either just plain wrong or "It's ok, you'll grow out of it" in a REALLY patronizing tone.
Why can't I just like differnt things, and it be what I like because it's what I like, or what I think, or do or whatever.
I dunno, I'm just human. I'm ok. I don't expect or even want that everyone likes and thinks and does like I do. But don't patronize me about it. Don't treat me like I'm a 5 year old who just doesn't know better.
