My friend Bren did this (which started here) on her blog and it looked like a lot of fun. I thought about doing it, then I thought “If I get started on things I don’t say that I want to say, I’ll never stop!”, then she told me I should, then I said I shouldn’t, then she egged me on a little more and she knew I would…
So here are just some things that I don’t say.
Personal:
I love my family and friends all of the time, but sometimes I just don’t like some of them. Don’t tell me you haven’t ever felt the same.
It bothers me when people apologize for swearing. Swear, or don’t, but quit apologizing!
Strong opinions formed about something someone knows nothing about irritate the crap out of me. I’m allowed to be irritated because I’ve done it.
I’m working on it
Sometimes I wish someone would tell me to shut up when I can’t stop yammering.
Apologies are way harder than people think sometimes.
I’ve been finding that reading the bible without thinking about how it lines up with this book that article and what so-and-so said, lovely, and that Christian life isn’t as complicated as some of us try to make it out to be if we leave people’s opinions out of it. (okay, this is something I’ve said, but only to a dear friend recently)
Eating is less work than dieting and exercising. I’m lazy.
Online:
I do facebook friend purges fairly regularly and reject friend requests often, for a variety of reasons, and have had the same done to me. I don’t understand when people take it as a personal insult.
I block facebook apps without mercy.
I have alter egos on the internet. Some for no better reason than because I can. (Some of you knew me as an alter ego before knowing this part of me and the fact that you love “both of us” makes me smile.
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I’ve stopped reading “pretty and happy all of the time” blogs.
I’m an internet stalker. It’s a sick but fascinating hobby.
What are some things that you don’t say?
May 6, 2011 at 5:41 pm
Oh my…I am so incredibly tempted. I wouldn’t know where to start…and once I started, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be ABLE to stop! heh heh heh…
I love what you said about apologizing for swearing! That is such a good point. What about those people who apologize just BEfore they swear – just happened at the salon yesterday! Wasted energy, if you ask me!
I’ve been dying to share this somewhere that I won’t be flogged – I was recently unfriended by a FAMILY member right before they put up pictures from their beach vacation (where their daughter was in the skimp-i-est of bikinis!!!) I just wanted to message them, “Convicted much???” Ahahahahaha…and get this, they didn’t unfriend my husband!!! What does THAT say?!! Yikes!
Ok…so, maybe I just SAID in my comment what I DON’T SAY! Hope that’s not considered hi-jacking your comments! If so, I’m sorry, darn it! Oh, sorry…

Alesha
May 6, 2011 at 5:48 pm
HAHAHAHAHA! I love you, Alesha!
I have unfriended family members, but it’s usually because there’s no interaction and lurkers bug me, family or not.
May 6, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Me thinks you held back some…BUT what you said was all good!
I use to apologize for swearing all the time…AFTER I swore, but I recently stopped swearing altogether. That was harder than when I quit smoking…I was not a F-word kind of swearer, but I would us the BS word kinda often.
Fun…Now I want Alesha to do it…and Dani…and your Mom…
May 6, 2011 at 8:15 pm
I did delete some, but only because it was turning into rants instead of just things I don’t say.
I agree, the rest of them need to do it!
May 6, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Corin! It took me all the way until this last year of my christian life to start reading the bible and searching for answers on my own. Before I always read bible based advice books. Good stuff, mind you. Amazingly, me, who is no theologian is able to live a Christ centered life because, frankly, it’s not that complicated. You’ve heard that song – Jesus loves me this I know, For the bible tells me so? Yes, we’ll it can be that simple…
Oh, and I’ve pared waaaay down on my “pretty and happy all the time” blogs too! Give me some nitty gritty!
May 7, 2011 at 10:45 am
Pretty much, Kristi!
May 8, 2011 at 6:35 am
Things I don’t say? ….. I usually say what I want, even if it’s inappropriate. But I don’t tell my Family that I love them enough, working on that now.
Just told the boys that I love them and they looked at me like I was an alien LOL
May 8, 2011 at 9:34 am
LOL They’re probably just waiting to see what you want from them, Snowman.