Shallow, right? Ooookay.

So, apparently, I'm shallow. A conversation I was having with another person about PCOS brought the attention of another, who felt the need to jump in and bring up reproduction.. By the way, PCOS is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, which is actually fairly common. You can find information about it here. {Thank you to the Mayo Clinic!} It's basically an enlarged reproductive system, from what I've gathered. Which I have, and it really sucks. It contributes to why I can't loose weight, and all that fun stuff. Great, right? Wrong.

Anyway. That's off-topic. We were talking about how I probably won't be able to have kids, which is going to suck, but I'll get over it. I said I was thinking about adopting in the future, anyway, if i could even consider the idea of a mate. Now, I have problems with commitment. I'll be the first to admit it. So, I have unusually high standards- absurd, really. And I made a joke about how I should lower them for mating potential.

However this guy is, totally went off the panhandle. See, I'm picky about looks. But who isn't? We're all vain, and narcissistic, whether or not we want to admit it. He goes so far as to call me shallow. Now, at no point did I ever bring up that looks were everything when I think about the guys I'd even consider dating. The words I used were, 'Just because I know what I want, doesn't mean I'm shallow.' The response sounded a bit offended, if anything.

'But what you want is based on looks, and that makes you shallow.' Wrong. We never discussed what I actually wanted in a mate. Simply that I'm picky with looks. And who isn't? We all want attractive mates! Basically, the entire response was a re-iteration of that same sentence. I don't feel that my response was incorrect. Although, I will admit, I was a bit harsh.

'Wow, I say one thing, and you're suddenly assuming I'm talking ENTIRELY about looks? Then maybe you should broaden the spectrum of your thought. Looks AREN'T everything, and quite honestly, if somebody doesn't have an intellectual side, THAT'S what I don't want in a person.

Way to be assumptive and judgmental.'

No response. I figured I had hid a soft spot, but dismissed it shortly after. It just bothers me that people feel like they have the right to pass judgment on a person by only reading a few sentences. I've been called judgmental in the past, but I have a reason for the things I say. I tend to say 'dismissed' to a person if I can't find a center of interest in them. Can you blame me? Who wants to be stuck in a conversation with a person in which they have no interest? Certainly not I.

But that's all well. I'll stop my ranting.. For now.