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Jodie44
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I don't really care. The people who truly know me and who are good people will do right by me.
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I actually don't care. My family and friends accept me the way I am thats good enough for me!
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That is a good question Jodie and hard to answer. I care too much what others think and get my feelings hurt often because of it. I wish I could be like others where it just didn't matter but it does. But when someone attacks me or my character then I know longer care because then I am mad.....that is the only time when it doesn't matter and I can draw the line right there.
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When I have to start being phony. I'll always try to be polite and fit in at a social or family situation, to a point. I think it shows respect for others. But, if I have to start pretending, it's over.
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Good question. I however don't give it much thought. I figure some will accept me and like me for whatever reason and some never will.
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I've pretty much just been myself since I was a teen ager. So I would have to say that I don't really care what most people think of me.
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They Either like me or not, I have no control over that but to those who dont like me they dont know what they are missing by not having my friendship :o)
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I don't care what people think about me at all!
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This is a difficult question to answer (I'm not really sure I even understand it), but here goes. Like most people, of course I would rather be regarded well by others - who wouldn't? We're all social animals (even unsociable ones like me) and to 'fit' in a group is important to our health, both mentally and physically. It's no coincidence that many people who commit evil deeds are extreme loners. That said, if I'm blanked/disrespected/thought badly of/treated cruelly by anyone, I walk the other way and don't look back. This applies to absolutely anyone, even my nearest and dearest - the lessons of my past mean I won't tollerate evil treatment to stay on someone's good side. Ultimately, I know from past experience that I'll survive. I've lost people in my past through just this sort of thing, and simply carry on. It matters, I grieve, am upset, but life continues and as time goes on I care about their actions or opinions less and less.
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I can't help caring what others think, but when it starts keeping me awake at night, I know it's become out of proportion and I give myself a good talking to. Thing is, you (not you personally, all of us, I mean) can't know how others see you, so you're probably being over sensitive or projecting something that often isn't there in any case. I think, anyway...
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I care to a certain degree but not enough to be wallowing in misery at every perceived slight sent my way. I like to be cared about, but I draw the line when I feel my life and myself are being invaded by the people who care about me.
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When it supercedes your self determination.
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I think if you are a decent person and you know it then it just doesn't matter what others think of you. I do care if a friend is upset with me and I don't know why.... If it is a close friend. If the "friend" has a BS reason then I don't care about their thoughts either because they weren't the good person who I had thought they were. Good question Jodie and I hope is babbling makes sense.
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I do care but i will not allow any hurt I may feel to affect or stop me doing what i think is right. I suppose it is really only if I have any respect for the person that it is really going to have any affect on me long term. I may be upset in the short term and then if I think it is unreasonable I get mad and think "What the hell?"
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If you believe that it is the proper/correct thing to do and you are not hurting anyone else by your actions, that's when I don't care what others think of me.
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I really don't care what others think of me. Not many people really know me that well anyway, even the ones who think they know me well. At this stage of my life, I can't let myself be upset by things like this.
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Like others I don't care that much about people's opinions of me. But, I do strive to keep that opinion good. I guess I do care sometimes about their opinions, but rarely do I get hurt by them.
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I simply don't care what others think of me in the first place. It would be nice to be thought of kindly, but I am not going to alter who I am for someone else.
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I try not to care, but I find I do, if I have enough respect for that person's opinion. I really began to work on caring about other people's disapproval when I met a now former in-law who looked down her conceited nose at me, so hateful that I soon realized I didn't give belly button lint for her opinion about *anything.* Therefore, why should it matter what she thinks of *me*?
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I have learned from my own experiences that if a person does not regard you as a friend, care about you and what you feel or even like you, there is nothing you can do about it. I have always cared about what people have thought about me and I know that I have gone too far in worrying about it. It has come to my own experience that you can't change the way people think, feel or the way they act. If they don't care, just let it go and go one. If someone does not care about you, what can you do? That is is a tough question, for we as humans care about what others think or feel for we care.
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Thats a very zig-zaggy line as it depends greatly on who that *other* is.
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It depends. If what they are saying is the truth about some failing of mine then I tend to care...If the accusation is ridiculous then I just let it go.
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The dividing line lies just beyond personal hygene. I insist on being seen clean and groomed.(this extends to personal property, my house, lawn, car, etc). After that, political views, religion and such, I don't care what others think.
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Usually at the point at which it reflects on other people. If, for example, somebody thinks poorly of me and knows that I am a Christian, I would be concerned that this person be set straight, because people often judge a group of people on a single encounter. I would hate for a misunderstanding or something to be the reason that someone thinks Christians are idiots. Along a similar vein, I care when I am around my students, or any time that I feel I should be professional. While in theory how I live my life is nobody's business, teaching is a delicate thing sometimes and I have to watch what I do and where I go (not that it's often a problem, but just something I stay aware of). Beyond that, I care that people get an accurate picture of who I am. If somebody thinks I'm rude or stupid, I want to fix that. I think that often people are not entirely honest when they say that they don't care what people think of them.
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At the point where I can tell that the person is not interested in getting to know the real me, but is stuck in attack mode, stereotyping, criticizing or generalizing various aspects about me. Mean people stink, and if that is all they have to offer, then I don't care what they think...their opinion no longer matters.
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I draw that line when I feel like caring what others think of me is goading me to act in a way contrary to my own values.
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Well before I sell myself out. To thine own self be true.
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Very, very close to their toes.
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If it causes me to be unhappy or inhibits my growth as a person or inhibits me in any way in moving forward in life and/or going by my own rules.
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I don't have to draw a line since I don't care and that is a good thing fortunately.
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You can not live your life caring what others think. The people who really care and love you will support you whatever decisions you make and be there for you when they don't work out. You live your life the best you know how and the rest will fall into place. :)
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They're coming to take me away..hoho heehee! To the funny farm where life is wonderful all day long..OK now you know I don't care a whit what anybody thinks about me.
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When it means doing things that would make me think less of *Myself*. I try to treat people well because that's what I believe is pragmatic, courteous, and just all-around right, not in the hopes that they'll think more highly of me for it. People could hate me for all I care, what matters more to me is my judgment of myself, not theirs.
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I know who and what I am, I know what I stand for so what others may or not think about me does not bother me at all. Those others have the right to think what ever they please.
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I dont care at all. LOL
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there is no line simply due to the fact that i don't care what others think of me. i am who i am, those who like me and like being around me.....are!! those who don't like me don't come around me or talk to me. people go crazy stupid over what others think about them to the point where they get so caught up in it they lose who they are and to me that is a tragedy...everyone is special and unique in their own way....they should use these special qualities to the fullest potential instead of getting caught up in who will and won't accept me for who i am........
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Changing myself, to suit others.
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When others have not thought to think of caring what I think!:)
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we all care about it too much. I would say others dont really think of us that much as we suppose... they worry more of what we think of them. I find it really sad to realize that people dont care about me...
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When it starts to affect me too much in my life, and when I consider that despite what is said or how it's portrayed, that most people don't even care that much anyway, so I worry for nothing. Still, easier said then done. :/ I can't change how I am anyway, and the real drawn line is right there, as I wouldn't change for a goddamn soul even if I could, anyway. Or maybe that's just something easy to say, since I know I can't change. What a sad state of affairs, ha ha.
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I found this very interesting. I have this very problem, I want to stop caring about others thoughts. I have chosen to live a little different than others. I have chosen not to marry until later in life. I also have decided to live in different countries teaching. I've went ahead and did my dreams, but others have been quite mean about my non-conformist life-style. People in my family have been rude and put me down every step of the way. Saying I am throwing my life away, which makes no sense to me, because I am helping others. They think I should just stay in one place and be married and have my 2.5 children. For me this is not happiness, and I struggle with wanting to fit in, but don't want to be controlled by society. I have nothing against families, lots of people adore staying in one place. But I am not them, I have different desires. Sometimes you need to follow your dreams, others need to understand you are not them.
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I care what my friends think, if they arent my friend, there opinion, does not matter to me.
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i care about what my friends think of my personality and character for the most part i care about what my family thinks in this aspect too i care about what the public thinks in that i hope to come off as respectful and respectable that's pretty much it
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I just really don't care what people think of me..my opinions of myself are worse than most peoples would be..I am my own worst critic and enemy. :)
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____________________________must be worried
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Right out of the gate. I don't care. People are going to think what they think, you can't stop them and I don't waste time trying.
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I draw the line right before it begins to effect my piece of mind
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Your image of yourself comes from society. To feel like a good person you have to do good, and good is defined by society. If i thought that i am better than my society, then i wouldnt care what others thought of me. I have my own morals. I am my own witness. In playing my role in society, I am forced to act as though i care what others think of me. In actuality, i dont.
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i dont care what anyone thinks of me
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MY LIFE IS WHAT I MAKE OF IT. IF OTHERS DONT LIKE IT, SO BE IT. I DONT LIVE FOR OTHERS, BUT FOR MYSELF, CALLED SELF PRESERVATION. IF I WERE TO DO AS OTHERS THINK, I WOULD BE LIVING MY LIFE TO FIT THEM NOT ME. HAVE A NICE DAY. MIKE
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i dont care about what people think of me its if they start saying things about me behind my back that can make me very angry!
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There is no line........I don't care
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I'd be lying if I said I didn't care what others think, but I do realize that I can only be myself and if I'm doing the best I can and trying to be the best person I can be, and my family is happy with me, then I'm okay with that.
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When it starts to become all you think about and ends up completely changing you from a good person to a vain, self-centred idiot.
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