I finally joined Facebook a couple of months ago. I don't get on there very often, but I do check in a couple of times a week. A few days ago when I logged in there was a link that said something like " you have 5 e-cards. 3 people like you, 2 people hate you" or something to that effect. I tried to follow a link and soon realized it wanted your cell number to keep going so I closed it out. But I have yet to get it out of my head as to why someone would put "2 people hate you" on something like that. Was it just an advertisement or did someone really send something to me and say they hated me?
And then of course I started wondering why I should even care? I shouldn't, but the fact is, I'm a people pleaser. Always have been. I've grown out of it somewhat the older I get, but it still bothers me to think someone hates me or that someone is mad at me.
One of the struggles as a parent is teaching DS that he should treat others nicely even though they may treat him unfairly or hurtfully. My mother always said "kill 'em with kindness". Good advice, but very difficult to learn to do, especially as an 8 year old.
As I've grown I've come to realize that many people only say hurtful things to make them feel better about themselves and out of jealousy. But still to this day when someone hurts you it's very hard to follow the Golden Rule and "Do unto others as you would have them to do to you."
So I'm still wondering if that message on facebook was just an advertising ploy or if someone truly put that they hate me. But I'm not worried about it. I suppose there's not much I can do if someone does hate me. Especially if they do it in such an anonymous way.
