Cowboy Caleb the liberal arts, grown-up stuff & random mischief

Blogs and Mental Well-Being

Blogs are the new equivalent of the the psychiatrist’s chair, and all of you gentle readers are Dr Freud.

That’s the seduction of keeping a personal journal online. And possibly will prove to be your downfall one day — should your true identity ever be revealed.

I try not to post negative stuff anymore. A reader once told me it made me sound like a whiny brat and turned her off from visiting my blog.

But if you can’t bitch to your blog, who will you bitch to?

1) Male Friends
They have their own problems. Males are also unable to deal with problems they have never faced before.

2) Female Friends
There is no such thing as platonic friendship. That’s why I keep a blog. Refer to pic above.

3) Your Parents
I don’t discuss my problems with my parents. Not since I turned 14.

4) God
I always get the voice message “The person you are calling is currently away. Please leave…”

Which brings us to my gentle readers, namely you. Let’s make a pact.

I will listen to you bitch about your problems and offer useless advice plus comforting words if you promise to do the same for me.

What do you think?

i sound like a whiny brat but you keep reading mine. Hehe. Ok let’s do the pact.

I have too many comments to make about this.

evie > you are the original brat

LMD > such as???

caleb: i want to read that book .. the pic you put up there.

evie: its ok to whine in your blog. thats what its for.

LMD: pls share all your comments about caleb’s post. We are all ears :P heheheheh

powerpuff > you’re too young for such lurid books.

is it erotica?? Sounds like it eh Caleb share the bk if u have ok.

Yeah I’m the original brat lah.

Hey bitch on your blog all you want. And yeah I really believe that males and females can have platonic friendships. I have guy friends, but never ever had the intention or thought of screwing them. Um, unless you look like Brad Pitt or something then different story la…

evie> no way, that book is like the satanic bible - it will corrupt and ensnare your unprepared soul.

Idler > Unfortunately I have managed to disprove that time and time again so why tempt fate?

1) I agree that the blog is where we can write about anything. But you contradict yourself by saying you try not to post negative thoughts because you don’t want to sound like a whiny brat. So? We are all whiny brats at some point in time.

2) On problems and friends. I’ve always believed friends can only help you that much. After a point, it’s up to you. So, just because your friends can’t solve your problems, doesn’t mean you can’t talk to them about it. As long as they don’t add to your problems.

3) Female friends - just because it’s not platonic doesn’t mean you can’t talk to them. After all, women like to talk after sex.

4) On giving useless advice and offering comforting words to other people - sometimes what they need is a smack on the face before they can see what the bleeding obvious thing to do is. If you really care about someone, you should smack them. But I guess you are coming from the point of view of acquaintances, where all the person wants is just some comforting words. Then yes, your proposal is agreeable.

5) This is getting too long.

In response to LMD>

1) yes, but men as whiny brats are so f87king pathetic

2) You got a point. But sometimes you need a friend to poke your kidneys to spur you into action.

3) After sex, men roll over and fall asleep most of the time. Or get hungry. Or need a ciggy. Talking is not on our minds. Also, I am unable to engage women I’m sleeping with on a higher level of conversation.

4) Just asking, really really helps. Even if the other person knows you are powerless to help.

5) Not at all. Not at all.

i have platonic guy friends. They are the ones that are too ugly hence unthinkable to bonk. So why don’t platonic friends exist?

You are my platonic friend.

evie > only because I keep refusing to meet you for coffee.

Evie - you may not want to have sex with the guy, but as long as he just thinks about wanting to have sex with you, then it is no longer platonic. And vice versa.

It also comes down to whether the guy can accept a gal as a platonic friend.

caleb: i am not too young for such books

LMD: i agree with u regarding the part where women like to talk after sex.

Caleb: men are so lazy.

Evie: i m neutral about platonic friends. But to me, as long as i dun have any desire to be married to that man, to me he is platonic *lol*

caleb: if you cant engage in higher conversation with the women you sleep with, then your wife how?

You make love to your spouse, not sleep with them.

duh

I thought blog is for bitching….what else are you going to do … tell people how happy your life is… that is just damn boring !!

caleb: so how different is it for you to just sleep with women and make love to one? the physical act of it is the same yeah? Or all the women u sleep with do not get orgasms?