Read This To Feel Better About Your Sanity

I'm a daydreamer. Maybe it's my background as a voracious reader that's made me this way. I really do spend a lot of my time in my head imagining myself in different scenarios- not unlike on television when a character has a daydream. You know how the screen goes all wavy and harp music plays? And then next thing you know, the scenery has changed to a tropical island and the main character is sipping a drink out of a cocunut shell?

That's what I do. Except I never imagine myself on a tropical island. I'm much weirder about where I go.

I imagine myself on the Dr. Phil show.

You may be saying something like this: "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?"

Let me explain.

Whenever someone makes me angry and I am certain that I am right, I find myself daydreaming that I'm on the Dr. Phil show. Me and my opponent are both on stage, he/she tells her story, I tell mine. They sound stupid, petty, and wrong. I sound logical, thoughtful, and smart. Dr. Phil takes my side, the audience boos & hisses my opponent, and I leave feeling validated. Then, a week or so later, a random and wealthy viewer will send me a check for an undisclosed amount of cash because my story touched their heart and they wanted to compensate me for being brave and strong and true.

It's very therapeutic, if not the slightest bit crazy.

Okay, a lot a bit crazy. Not to mention self-indulgent.

Then last night, Mr. C and I had a "disagreement". Okay, okay, we had a fight. And as I was tossing and turning and getting ready to drag Mr. C onto my imaginary stage, I came to a realization. It shows maturity, so I'm rather proud of myself. I realized that it doesn't matter how right I feel, or even how right I am (cuz I am SO right, especially in this case). Every single soul on the planet could be on my side, leaving Mr. C to stand alone, and it would still not matter one bit. All that matters is how he feels about it and how I feel about it, and what we do to make it okay for the both of us.

In this case, I'm not even sure that there's an "okay" place, but at least I don't have the burden of proving to him that I'm right.

You all knew this already, didn't you? I knew it. I'm always way behind my peer group when it comes to emotional maturity.

Anyway, I haven't really trusted that Dr. Phil ever since that whole Britney fiasco.

You all have a good night.