On knitting & relaxing

Have you noticed the huge come-back of knitting the last years? Have you heard how relaxing and stress-free people say it is?

Well, I tried to learn. Stress-free and relaxing - are you kidding me? After 15 minutes, I wanted to scream, after 30 minutes I wanted to get the scissors and show the thread who the boss is and after 1 hour, I wanted to wrap the disappointing result around my throat and choke myself.

So, here is the truth: knitting is relaxing when you ALREADY know how to knit and it's no use if you need immediate solutions to get rid of your stress and nerves. (Sorry if I disappoint. I, too, had high hopes for this one).

Argh..

I'm telling you, if I get any angrier, my explosion will create a new universe (don't know yet if it will be a parallel one or if it will replace the one we are living in). But, you know me, I get angry for the little things*, like friends and betrayals.

I know, I know: the concept of “betrayal” differs from one another; there is no objectivity when it comes to personal relationships; blah, blah; but still! I think my two examples cannot be doubted.

No1: Gossiping behind my back, especially to the people they shouldn’t and especially when I explicitly asked them to keep their mouth shut.
No2: Hitting on my boyfriend – if you fell for him, come and tell me, we’ll talk it out and we’ll find a solution; even though some solutions might not keep the flame of our friendship burning (e.g. “Let the best one win”), at least you will never be accused of betrayal.

Anyway, it happened.
I thought about it for days.
I found one solution: be sincere and talk about it.
I did it.

Here is what I learnt:

1. You cannot have serious discussions with non-serious people.
2. It’s true: never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
3. Don’t bother with revenge, don’t fall to their level. Let karma kick their asses.

* I admit that sometimes I do get angry for the little things, like losing at games, but I have learnt to handle it and hide it and I don’t mind it that much after all, even though some people who know me well believe the opposite and insist to warn the others every time we play.