I the loss of anonymity...

I've recently been involved with being around someone that, to be ultimately frank, I don't like very much. However, I see this person regularly, so to speak, and must tolerate their constantly "serious" and oftentimes rude behavior. So I choose to be civil, rather than to go postal on said person, but I think sometimes it takes almost every ounce of strength in me not to just...do something. Anyway, this person is still around because it's just been a long time and that's just how this person is. And they are, for lack of a better word, tolerated. I've thought about people accepting you for who you are, and usually in most friendships, I think that holds true. People are accepted regardless whatever their faults may be, but I really don't think that applies to this scenario, because I've heard a lot of people complain.

Anyway, so going back to the whole "tolerated" thing. I started thinking about my own personality, about how it can be eccentric, loud, and attention-seeking, and I wondered how many people I hang out with on a regular basis just tolerated it. They say that you shouldn't care what other people think...but personally, I only think that applies to people who aren't people you really care about. Because I wouldn't want to be "tolerated." I wouldn't want people to be my friends or whatever because I'm just always there, or because I'm associated with certain people, or because it's been so long and it's just whatevers now. That would really suck. I mean people who just tolerate you aren't really friends. And I'm not trying to say anything about the people around me currently, though it really would suck...just one of those things that crossed my mind...