How hard do you try to be accepted?

[monkeyboy]

How hard do you try to be accepted?

 

[maddiemom]

I don't try. In my younger years I tried HARD. Now that I am older...I figure some people will "get me" and some won't. So there isn't much trying to be accepted going on with me. I am who I am....I can't be what I am not.

 

[Disneynutbsv]

I don't try, my friends accept me for who I am. However when I was a teen, I did what I could be accepted by people that really weren't my friends.

 

[HomeSweetDisney]

I stopped trying a long time ago

 

[disneysnowflake]

I don't try to be accepted.
That reminds me of junior high.
If people like me that's fine, but I don't like everyone and don't expect everyone to like me.

 

[Robinrs]

Like maddiemom, I tried hard when I was younger, now I don't try at all. Unlike when I was younger I don't think it's people I have to impress.

 

[Costumesaremylife]

I had an epiphany the other day. I am really tired of trying to be something I'm not when that doesn't seem to work either. So I officially give up. I'm going to be my happy, laidback self and I may even try speaking my mind! That's a tough one for me.

 

[disneyjunkie]

Not at all.

I refuse to change to please others.

 

[lovmy2girls]

Tried real hard in my younger years, mostly for my DH family. Now, I realize it doesn't matter how hard you try or what you REALLY are, they are going to think what they want to, true or not.

So, no I don't try anymore.

 

[tiggersmom2]

Not at all. I would rather be hated for who I am than liked for who I am not.

 

[Saffron]

It depends on the situation. With my friends I don't try at all, they just love me for me. Same with my family. In work situations, I have to remain professional and try to find ways to work with people so we accept each other. On the CB, not at all, I just do my own thing and meet people along the way I become friends with, or maybe not.

 

[castleview]

Don't try at all. Spent too much time doing that when I was younger. If I have to try to be accepted by someone, they're not worth my time.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

i don't try at all. i'm more of a loner anyway, so i don't really care about what other people think about me or what they say. i've been like that my whole life. i actually like it, because some friends are always worried about what they're wearing or how they look because they "don't want people to see!" ....me on the other hand......could care less lol.

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

If I have to try to be accepted then it's not worth it. I wouldn't waste my time to try to be accepted by anyone. Those that love me and care about me do because of who I am. Those people are the only ones that matter. Life is too short to worry about what anyone thinks about me. All i care about is that I have my daughters and they love me for me, not because of what i am wearing, how much money we have, the kind of car i drive or how big our house is.

 

[Planogirl]

I work on accepting myself which I do now for the most part. The rest of the world will just have to deal.

 

[minnieandmickeymouse]

I have never tried to be excepted. I am who I am.

 

[thompson princesses]

Dr. Seuss said it best...."Do what you want and say what you feel because the people that matter don't mind and the people that mind don't matter!" ~Barb~

 

[Alice28]

To be accepted? Not too hard. To be polite and courteous to people- I try hard. I think in work situations, you do have to try and be accepted and work with other people, even if you don't like them and so forth.

 

[JPN4265]

How hard do you try to be accepted?

Not very. Pick me , Pick me!

 

[auntpolly]

I have enough trouble just trying to seem sane, let alone accepted....geez, way to put the pressure on, Monkeyboy!!!