I wish people were better

Including me.

This week someone told me a story about going to visit a couple she had met. She had a strong attraction to the husband when they first met, and after that had began a flirty relationship over email and IM. Soon after, she was going to be in their town for the holidays, and they invited her over to visit. Upon visiting them, the husband and this person found the attraction between them to be irresistible. He snuck away from his wife with a lie about going Christmas shopping, and they had a couple of tumbles together. Now, although both feel somewhat guilty and know what they did was wrong, would both be willing to do it again. Because its exciting, and taboo. Why are people like that, and can you ever trust anyone?

This story, a common one I'm sure, really caused me to feel down. Temporarily seriously lay-in-bed depressed. Why can't people be better? When I told my mother why I was feeling down, she said, 'all you have to do is look at the news to see how crappy people are. Every day they talk about genocide in Sudan, and everyone just says, 'that sucks' and turns the channel."

And I'm one of them.

And now for something completely different!
Quote of the day, overheard my mother talking to my brother:
"I'm not going to give you a guilt trip about going to Norfolk during the holidays.
...Everyone else goes home for the holidays, you go to Norfolk. I guess I can see what your priorities are."

haha- you see, its funny, because immediately after saying she wasn't going to give him a guilt trip, she plows right into him with the biggest guilt trip ever! I guess if you have to explain it, its not that funny. Oh well.

In case this has depressed you, read this somewhat uplifting story