Pet Peeves

[Veronica Daniels]

I totally agree with all of the above! Very annoying. Here is one of mine, call me uptight but I really cannot stand it when people address me as "hey". Is it so hard to say, "Hi, how are you?" It just seems like such dis-respectful lazy talk..."hey". I have started saying back, "no thanks, I don't eat the stuff!"

Just one woman's opinion-
Veronica D.

[garyspk]

As my dad always says when someone says "hey" to him, "Hey is what horses eat."

[spanked~amber]

As far as pet peeves go, my personal one would have to be when someone refers to me as "shrimp." Now I've been used to being referred to as little and have had the "lil'" added on my name as far back as I can remember. No problem.I even had a teacher in junior high and highschool that drove my bus(theres a story here in the future, lol) that nicknamed me "Nat." Again, no big deal, I knew it wasn't meant in a mean way. But for some reason being called shrimp just crawls all over me in a really bad way. Call me shrimp and you've just lit a "lil" stick of dynomite, lol.

[RG_]

Originally Posted by spanked~amber

Now I've been used to being referred to as little and have had the "lil'" ...

So I've got a question: In general, how do you feel about being so short? Like it? Don't like it? Doesn't matter? If you could wave a magic wand and add few inches, would you?

I ask because it has been my experience that the great majority of short girls indicate that they do not like being short. Some of the things that they complain about are to be expected, to be sure, such as not being able to reach items in the grocery store, needing something to stand on to get things from the pantry and shelves in the home, and so on. And I get the impression that they think that guys find it, if not unattractive, at least not something that turns the eye.

Speaking for myself, as a male, I think that short girls are hotter than an iron in a blacksmith's fire. Though I can't put my finger on why that is, in the scope of things that make up physical beauty and attractiveness in a woman, being short rates high in my book. I love being able to completely hold a girl in my arms, to be able to lean down and give her a little kiss on the top of the head, and generally like the relative size difference. Perhaps at some deep level of the psyche it's a male kind of thing.

On more than one occasion, when I've heard a girl complain about being short, I've told her to count her blessings. Some guys out there may go for the statuesque build, but I'm sure that I'm not alone in saying that some of us want just the opposite.

ADDENDUM: Of course, there are some other advantages to short girls, too. I find that they are much easier to pick up and throw over my shoulder when they need to be efficiently transported to some destination.

Big pet peeve: when people use the contraction "ain't!" It may be in the dictionary (as sad as that is) but it's not an effin' word!!! It's a contraction! It's murder on my ears!!!

[RG_]

Pet Peeve:
When people assume that Southerners are less educated and less sophisticated in some way than other areas of the country.

Not that I am one, or anything.

[spanked~amber]

Originally Posted by RG_

So I've got a question: In general, how do you feel about being so short? Like it? Don't like it? Doesn't matter? If you could wave a magic wand and add few inches, would you?

ADDENDUM: Of course, there are some other advantages to short girls, too. I find that they are much easier to pick up and throw over my shoulder when they need to be efficiently transported to some destination.

You are right, I'm the "throw over the shoulder size" but you gotta catch me first. tee hee. Now to answer your questions. Most of the time, being short is annoying to me. But overall it doesn't do me any good to get overly upset about it, that's a part of me that can never change, lol. Like you mentioned there are certain times that I hate it. I did the whole grocery store scenario tonight in fact. I will say that there are actually nice people sometimes that will volunteer their assistance for those items on the top shelf Still with that being said, if a magic wand were an option-I would defiantly do some re-arranging, lol. Not drastic changes, but 4 to 5 inches would be nice.

[Richard Windsor]

If anyone is ever fortunate (or unfortunate as the case may be) to read my blogs, you will know that my pet peeves rank in the hundreds

There are a couple though that outrank them all by far. Quite simply the worst one is lying, I absolutely abhor liars. For some reason, even in the written word, people think that you are stupid and will believe everything that they tell you. The lying gets so bad and outrageous that it becomes comical. Lying is something that I simply cannot tolerate and I have no time for people who do it.

Another one is lack of humility. I have come across so many people in my life and the ones I tend to stick with are the ones that are humble, modest and down to earth. It grates me to no end to see and hear someone constantly patting themselves on the back or seeking approval from others. Humility is one of the greatest traits a person can own.

Sir Richard of Windsor.