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Would you prefer to be 'liked' or 'respected' ?

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Rambling

Rambling Report 4 Jul 2009 10:52

Gosh some of you were up late / early!

SRS I loved 'Harvey', Jimmy Stewart was a fine actor, and a fine man , liked AND respected :))

xx

Berona

Berona Report 4 Jul 2009 06:12

Well, Rose.....putting it your way, I suppose I prefer to be liked because if you like someone, you must have respect for them or you wouldn't like them.

I must have respect, but prefer it to come from being liked, not feared.

Dear me, RR.....and all this from chopping up mint!....Don't start crushing garlic, will you?

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~  **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 4 Jul 2009 03:01

Susan :-)

I suppose Elwood in "Harvey" could be an early version of Forest Gump but James Stewart always wins hands down & he's friends with a rabbit who is six feet, three and a half inches tall called Harvey.

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 4 Jul 2009 02:57

Lol Lesley, that put me in mind of Forest Gump!

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~  **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 4 Jul 2009 02:53

Made me think of this line by Elwood P. Dowd from Harvey:

Years ago my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this world, Elwood, you must be" - she always called me Elwood - "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 4 Jul 2009 02:41

Thank you Miss Whirley:))

Sue xx

Lightning

Lightning Report 3 Jul 2009 22:05

I feel ... respect is more important .............

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 3 Jul 2009 20:54

Some of you have been discussing me while I've been asleep and couldn't defend myself:)) Where's that Merlin....I'll give him something to be scared about.

Sue xx

Rambling

Rambling Report 3 Jul 2009 20:17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdSszlp8aVQ

John Barrowman...I am what I am...my favourite Joy :))

JoyBoroAngel

JoyBoroAngel Report 3 Jul 2009 20:13

I am what I am - I am my own special creation.
So come take a look, give me the hook or the ovation.
It's my world
That I want to have a little pride in - my word,
And it's not a place I have to hide in
Life's not worth a damn, `til you can say:,I am what I am"

I am what I am, I don't want praise
I don't want pity - I bang my own drum,
some think it's noise, I think it's pretty.
And so what if I love each feather and each spangle,
Why not try and see things from a diff'rent angel?
Your life is a sham, `til you can shout out:,I am what I am"

I am what I am and what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck - sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces.
It's one life and there's no return and no deposit:
One life, so it's time to open up your closet.
Life's not worth a damn `til you can shout out:,I am what I am"

I am what I am, am what I am needs no excuses.
I deal my own deck - sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces.
It's one life, and there's no return and no deposit:
One life, so it's time

(¯`*•.¸JUPITER JOY AND HER CRYSTAL BALLS(¯`*•.¸

(¯`*•.¸JUPITER JOY AND HER CRYSTAL BALLS(¯`*•.¸ Report 3 Jul 2009 19:26

whats that mc anne .lol.....i lubs ya whirls.x
i just cant be a----- to skirt round stuff now .i kinda like the sledgehammer effect.lol.

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy

McAnne's Gahan-Crazy Report 3 Jul 2009 19:23

Errr - something along the lines of what Joy has just said, only i would have put it abit more subtley lol

Taff

Taff Report 3 Jul 2009 19:17

Weelll, I like, love and respect enough people( you included Rose!),
and I hope they feel thesame way about me.... but hey-ho, if the dont, I cant make them!
xxxx

(¯`*•.¸JUPITER JOY AND HER CRYSTAL BALLS(¯`*•.¸

(¯`*•.¸JUPITER JOY AND HER CRYSTAL BALLS(¯`*•.¸ Report 3 Jul 2009 19:10

i used to care what folks thought about me .not now ...i know those that know me lubs me lots ,and they the ones who count.so .......i suppose my answer is ...i dont give a flying fig lol

Rambling

Rambling Report 3 Jul 2009 18:22

:))) Mac...I am sure you are!

xx

Rambling

Rambling Report 3 Jul 2009 17:45

lol Uzzi, I think too much! The mint sauce was lovely though ,on new potatoes from the garden :))

Very similar experience with a friend myself ,so I know what you mean . I have in the past probably been 'too nice' when I really shouldn't have been , hoping that someone will like me, but it doesn't work out that way really. So now I would rather people respect me I think, even if they don't like me lol.

xx

UzziAndHerDogs

UzziAndHerDogs Report 3 Jul 2009 17:35

Cor Rose you do think of some mind bogglers ! and all while chopping mint lol

I tried picking some mint but didn't come up with any witty answers

I like to be liked and believe that often like and respect do go hand in hand, but I have liked a friend because she was witty and funny but I'm afraid I didn't have much respect for her. Needless to say that lack of respect did eventually see the friendship drift apart.
If I can't be liked then I hope that I can claim some respect as a person. I do respect people for several reasons who I do find that I can't like.

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 3 Jul 2009 17:28

BC
HOPE YOU DONT MINDI C&P

. I will settle for passionate love and blind adoration:-) lol BC XX

IM WITH YOU 100%

**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★

**Stella ~by~ Starlight**★..★..★ Report 3 Jul 2009 17:23

If i like someone i respect them, there are some people i do not like much but i have respect for who they are, we are all different.

i think respect and liking go hand in hand..

i do not like unrespectful people ... hope that makes sense...lol

Uggers

Uggers Report 3 Jul 2009 17:08

Maz, there is nothing shallow about wanting to be liked - I think it's perfectly natural. I reckon some of us have just fought against the instinct so hard we haven't got it anymore;)