i hate cleaning out my own refrigerator. i don't really mind cleaning out others' (this makes me weird, i think; most ppl agree w/you, which is why i've cleaned out so many other people's refrigerators in my time!)--i think it's b/c it's satisfying to just be able to *dump* large quantities of stuff, esp. when you don't feel guilty about it b/c you're not the idiot who bought all the stuff you weren't going to eat so it's not your money/karma you're wasting. :)
part of it, too (you inspire a lotta reflection, you know that?) is that i like doing shit for ppl that they don't want to do, esp if it's very helpful & they hate it a lot more than i do. makes me feel useful, adds much more good to the world than it costs me... it's kinda an inconsistency in the whole love-languages schema, though (i'm sure you've read that too, both b/c i expect you to be versed in such things & b/c i got it from darin), b/c i'm really not that impressed by acts of service when other ppl perform them for me. i mean, i really appreciate people going out of their way to do stuff for me; don't get me wrong about that. but what i need to have to feel loved & the ways i'm best at showing other ppl aren't necessarily the same. i think the dude who wrote the book thinks they should be.
anyway. i, um, have a plane to catch! :)
(but p.s. dubliner = very high up on the Favorite Cheese list here too!)
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Date: 2006-06-09 07:13 pm (UTC)part of it, too (you inspire a lotta reflection, you know that?) is that i like doing shit for ppl that they don't want to do, esp if it's very helpful & they hate it a lot more than i do. makes me feel useful, adds much more good to the world than it costs me... it's kinda an inconsistency in the whole love-languages schema, though (i'm sure you've read that too, both b/c i expect you to be versed in such things & b/c i got it from darin), b/c i'm really not that impressed by acts of service when other ppl perform them for me. i mean, i really appreciate people going out of their way to do stuff for me; don't get me wrong about that. but what i need to have to feel loved & the ways i'm best at showing other ppl aren't necessarily the same. i think the dude who wrote the book thinks they should be.
anyway. i, um, have a plane to catch! :)
(but p.s. dubliner = very high up on the Favorite Cheese list here too!)