“Just to hear you say f*** you!”

Life is funny. It’s filled with complex emotions that we are supposed to be in control of. Statements like “you cannot control what happens to you but you can control how you react to it.” If for some reason you cannot, then you are the one that is mentally instable.

Funny how we try and fix the one to who was hurt and not the one to inflicted the pain. The focus is always on the one who reacted, not the one who instigated the reaction.

This is a silly example but an example none the less- I was at the office the other day and my dog has a little trauma as I just rescued him a few weeks ago and we are working on trusting other people. When we were in the bathroom, someone banged on the door because they knew that he would freak out and start barking. They knew the action would trigger a response, they did it anyway because they saw enjoyment out of discomfort. It rubbed me the wrong way.

However, the way that we are trained is to not hurt someone else’s feelings. I was concerned if I said “Please don’t f*ck with my dog”, that he would be offended and then start a debate on why his behavior was justified.

So here we are again, the victim of the action is worried about the one to inflicted the inappropriate behavior vs. the asshole who messed with my dog being the victim of his own actions.

Funny how the world works.