The Ugly Truth

The single best part about being home all day long, and not having a job is that i get to go about my day as I please, and not deal with the criticism of my decisions. Today I didn't do much at all as I didn't plan on doing anything other than clean up a little and possibly bake cookies, but as the day went on, I decided that I wanted to watch one of my Netflix movies and wrap the remainder of the gifts that we bought last night. I was not amused to find out that the wrapping paper that we bought was thin, and you could see through it, and I was even more un-amused that the movie that I had chosen was fiarly good, but unrealistic. It's called "The Ugly Truth" and starts the blond from Grey's Anatomy. I usually like her because she plays a strong female lead role, however she portrayed a desperate control freak and submitted to stupidity.

It got me to thinking that it is not right for people to expect someone to change just for them. I guess it is understandable to want people to change, but you have to be realistic in understanding that if something is not in a person's nature, they most likely will not change and start an activity just because someone wants them too. For instance, I have always washed my dishes right after dinner, in order to keep the kitchen clean, and my OCD in check. I can relax much easier that way, and I have peace of mind when I finish the job. However, Nick was not brought up the same way, so I always do the dishes. We had an agreement for a while that if I cooked, he would clean up, and he never did it right after dinner, so I couldn't relax. I started to do the dishes right after dinner all the time, and realized it just wasn't something I could expect him to do because he has been trained to not do them right away (if at all... poor cast iron pan he used on Sunday was found Monday morning by me, and I was not amused.)

It is a small thing that I have come to terms with, and I was a little upset when the movie took so long making a point that this was the case. the fact that they did it in a backwards way was much worse, and I still don't understand what they were tying to prove. Just goes to show you that sometimes there are ugly falsehoods hidden in the ugly truth.