Saturday...

...was one of those days where people say things that kind of just leave you speechless.
First one, I asked the woman I clean for for some advice on surviving school. Mainly about Dj being a senior and all the perks that come with senior projects and stuff. She basically shut me down right away and tells me that I don't have kids so I have it easy, and to get over it, she's paid her dues, now it's time to pay mine.
It was truly astounding. Here we are, both of us each working/doing school 50+ hours per week, along with church callings, work for the landlords, our own housework, ect. And when I ask for her advice about being apart so much that's all she has to say. When she said it to me I was half way in between crying and telling her off but I bit my tongue and held my tears back and just nodded at her. She's a fun lady sometimes but the difficulty of her life has made her less compassionate towards others and it really is hard for me to deal with sometimes.

And the other one. I was at an all woman's broadcast for my church and I was standing in line for dinner when a lady from the ward I grew up in comes up to me to say hello. The first thing she says after we greet each other with a hug is "What?! No babies yet?!" As she looks me up and down in a nosy way. I laughed and said nope and she says "Well are you even trying?!" I smiled at her, mortified that she would say such a thing so loudly and in such a rude tone and simply told her that everyone seemed to be asking me that these days. I'm grateful for Janelle and her gorgeous boy Benson for saving me from the woman and distracting me enough so that my feelings weren't hurt as much as they would have been, the woman's tone was just so condescending. I don't know if she heard what the woman said but Janelle has always been so kind to me that I'm grateful that I know her and that she came up to me at that moment.

I guess I'm just surprised at what people think they can get away with saying to one another. There's things you can ask your close friends but there are things you don't ask or say to people who rent from you, or haven't seen you or talked to you in a few years. I'm grateful for the friends that I do have who treat me well and say kind things to me, if it weren't for them life wouldn't be as pleasant and happy as it is.