I HATE it when people over glamorize their lives...
For instance...When someone says how much they LOVE their husband, and how he can do no wrong. When people talk like that I tend to think "whatever, no ones life is THAT great!" Or when a person always has a clean house, works a part time job, has clean and happy kids, has 30 different hobbies that they are great at, AND always looks cute....it kinda pisses me off. I mean HOW can someone be THAT perfect...I secretly try and think of some of their weaknesses.
This is a terrible thing that I do. I understand that it is wrong, and that I should just be happy that they have such a put together life. But...I don't....
This leads to more bad things. For instance...
In my life, I don't EVER want ANYONE to think that I try and over glamorize my life. I want everyone to know the good bad and ugly about ME! I feel like when someone shares their weaknesses with me, I feel a little better. I feel like it is ok to not be perfect. When I am talking with someone, I try to tell stories that shed light into my crazy life. Or I like to let people know that I can't spell, and I smell most of the time. Most of the time I don't tell about the wonderful things in my life.
SO in essences I try and OVER compensate with negative to cover up the positive. Does that even makes sense. I am just so paranoid that people will think that I am trying to be fake.
SSOOOOOO, when I am talking, or blogging about my life, I try and share the good bad and ugly. BUT SOMETIMES...I forget to mention how truly blessed I am. I forget to mention the all the great qualities that Spencer has, or all of the wonderful blessings that we have in our life.
This last weekend Spencer took Grace and Finn camping again. Last time it was the most joyful weekend EVER! I loved the break.
This weekend made me miss my little family. It made me realize how much I love them, and spending time with them. It also made me realize that I very rarely talk about how wonderful they are (I do better on the blog than in person). Spencer came home dirty and gross, but I loved kissing his scruffy face (I like a man with scruff). Grace was so dirty, but she cuddled with me while watching sleeping beauty, and it was bliss! Even Finn got some loves for me (I love the dog, but I don't love dog loves).
SO...in an effort to better my negativity...
I love my husband, and Grace! They are wonderful, and I am one lucky gal!
PS: But I promise that we are no where near glamorous!!!
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: ) This is why we are good for each other. I'm the SAME way. In fact, if I read people's glamourous blogs and I think it's fake, I just stop reading. Thanks for being the kind of person I like! And I hope PK takes our nonexistent children out camping someday. It's sweet.
I'll be honest--I totally feel you on people like that. I always think to myself, "Who are you trying to impress?" But I try to smile and appreciate them for who they are.
I love, love, LOVE these pictures though! Nothing in the world is quite so cute as a daddy and his little girl! But being someone married to a daddy with a little girl does tend to make me biased. :)
What a great daddy to take her camping and give you a much needed free weekend! The pictures are sweet.
Dido on the fake people. I know several people that fake it up to the blog world...
Jami you are so funny! I love reading your blog! And yeah nobody's life is perfect! haha!
yeah.. my blog is perfect because my life is perfect. oh snap!
way to keep it real jami :)
and i think that hat looks great on spencer, especially when he's being a good dad. fun.
I don't like it when people try to act too perfect on their blogs either, it drives me nuts! I'm totally with you on that. I don't think you do that at all. I think people can tell the difference between someone who loves their family (like you) and some who is pretending like they have the greatest life where nothing ever goes wrong! I like people who are real about things, but not always negative, such as you!
Hi! It was great meeting you! And I totally have the same problem. I get depressed because I'm so NOT creative and it seems like everyone I know is just flowing over the brim with cuteness. So no worries-you're not alone! But for what its worth-I think you're little family is adorable! I'm secretly afraid of what my children are going to look like-because everyone's are soo cute. Guess its not THAT much of a secret.
I just had to come back and comment on that picture of Spencer holding Grace in his lap. It's seriously so, so, so sweet...
Oh haven't you ever heard the phrase fake it til you make it? I think there is something to that saying but with that being said there is a difference with trying so hard to go out of your way to impress somebody.
I've learned that you can never judge a book by it's cover, that everybody has something in their closet that they are dealing with.
For me personally I will never try to say something is a certain way when it's not but I'm not going to go out and tell everybody my problems..ya know. I always feel better to go out getting dressed up. I guess that is one of the only things I have control over. But come over to my house and that is a different story, you should know.
I guess all we can do is just try our bests.
How are you anyway?
Christina
Oh my gosh Jami!!!! I'm soo with you about the people on blogs that say, "oh my husband is so wonderful/amazing/blah/blah". It makes me so depressed that I'm still single...then you come along and make me realize, they must be on crack or have short term memory loss to be writing that stuff. I mean, I realize they LOVE their husbands but...come ON! Even on "I Love Lucy" there was discord in the home at points! ...okay bad example...but ya, my point is, I feel ya.
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