do you suffer from Approval Addiction?

eyedclaar wrote:

Possibly. But it isn't anything personal. It's the ninja training. I punch what touches me, I can't help it.

i wasn't taking it personally, i was clarifying for the rest of them.
i used to be a ninja too.

chiquimonkey wrote:

can i punch you square in the throat if i meet you?

I'm assuming most of you would if given the opportunity, so sure...

PJPixie wrote:

on a serious note, yes..........I did for a long time.......I wanted approval from my husbands parents. I felt like I wanted to do everything right as a wife for their son. Now........EFF THEM!!

I used to at times but then I realised that I really really don't care what people think... unless they're my friends! And I found that once I stopped caring what people thought, people liked me more and now I kinda like it when people don't like me... cos I get to be a bitch

decides2dream wrote:

guess i am making up for lost time. so sure, fuck approval addiction......i just want to hug everyone! haha.

you give GREAT hugs! I love hugs... luckily so does the fella can't get enough of cuddles

eyedclaar wrote:

Even if you pin my arms in a huge bear hug, I'll still try to bite you.

Promise?

comebackgirl wrote:

I'm a mix of things Mom is German/Polish - that side of the family tends to be a bit more emotionally reserved. Stepdad is Greek - very expressive and emotional! The family dynamics can be interesting I'm somewhere in between. I definitely express my emotions - I'm just not real physcial except with my partner. He's the only one I really like affection or attention from. Weird cause zoso and I were talking about this last night

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh....german.


this is a long-standing 'joke' between me and someone else here, and the standard response is: cold, fucking germans.




*btw - it really isn't meant as an insult to anyone german, of german descent! it's a joke. and yea....i hear ya on the physically affectionate bit. my husband comes from a german/dutch family ancestry, and sure....thus the joke. however, being married to ME...i've warmed him up considerably.



hey eyedclaar....hugs...punch in the throat...whatever. as long as i can physically express myself somehow, it's all good.


helen...why thank you! i try!
and indeed.....it's all about who i am hugging!




and hey cmb...you are quite emoticon-expressive, so it's all good......

decides2dream wrote:

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh....german.


this is a long-standing 'joke' between me and someone else here, and the standard response is: cold, fucking germans.




*btw - it really isn't meant as an insult to anyone german, of german descent! it's a joke. and yea....i hear ya on the physically affectionate bit. my husband comes from a german/dutch family ancestry, and sure....thus the joke. ; however, being married to ME...i've warmed him up considerably.



hey eyedclaar....hugs...punch in the throat...whatever. as long as i can physically express myself somehow, it's all good.


helen...why thank you! i try!
and indeed.....it's all about who i am hugging!




and hey cmb...you are quite emoticon-expressive, so it's all good......

definitely huge cultural differences when it comes to being affectionate/expressive/etc. I'm a cultural mutt so I never know which side is gonna come out :eek:

Heineken Helen wrote:

now I kinda like it when people don't like me... cos I get to be a bitch

Well in that case...........I HATE You!

iluvcats wrote:

seriously

I think some of you are starved for compliments.

did your parents not hug you enough?

sorry

i'm anti approval

never

nope

fu git it

mickeyrat wrote:

Very nice post

thanks

im sober now