I’m very disappointed in someone

Hi, I feel so childish not being able to deal with people. I’m sixty six and should know how by now but every now and then, something someone says just throws me.

I’ve tried ringing everyone I know and they’re busy and/or not answering their phones. Even this is annoying as I always answer my phone and have always been supportive of others when they needed someone to listen to them. Anyway, that’s just the way it is.

what happened is pretty straightforward. A friend of mine’s husband responded to a comment I made in a totally unexpected way. I was saying how the real estate agent had given me a negative report after a recent house inspection. I hate even have to let them into my house, but then to get a report that was negative really upset me. For a start, they were incorrect on every count and ended up withdrawing the complaint .

As soon as I had briefly outlined why I was upset, instead of support I got a “oh but you don’t know the other side” before relating how a house that they rent (I got the impression they may have several). I was dumb struck by this. He is the local ALP representative and I expected a bit of support at least. Instead I got dumped on by some whinging about how they are so hard done by as landlords.

I went home but got very upset by all this. It’s nothing I know, but that’s me. I just don’t cope very well with human interactions and people in general disappoint me. But you know, you make friends and work with people on projects and like have expectations of them. I felt totally let down. Thank Christ I have two beautiful dogs to look after me. I feel really depressed now. I moved to an incredibly small country community a couple of years ago, so it’s important to keep up the contacts that I make as there is a very limited number of people who I can socialise with.

So, that’s my rant. I had nowhere else to go and this was the only place I could think of to actually get it off of my chest. I’m going to feed the dogs now and hopefully I’ll feel better tomorrow. I just feel so disappointed. 😢