Hi Brenda,

Thanks for the pep talk, but trust me I'm a cocky
tenacious young lady and have never been shy about
speaking my mind, even as a VERY small child.  VERY
often I'm on the side of not knowing when to shut up
.. something I'm working on.

I don't eat out with my co-workers not because I'm
afraid of ridicule but because I don't like to eat
food I haven't prepared myself.  I don't trust
restaurants to be as picky about their ingredients as
I am.  Sorry my paragraph you quoted gave the wrong
impression of me. :)

Luv,
Debby
San Jose, CA



--- Brenda Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> OK, you young'un's, LOL, listen up.  :)  As I said
> in my previous post, some of this comes with age,
> but believe me when I tell you that if you stick to
> your guns and go about living your life as you
> believe you should, people will eventually come to
> respect you for that.  For some people it may take
> years, yes, but I've had people begrudgingly
> compliment me for doing what I believe in.  Go and
> eat out with these people, talk about your "weird"
> beliefs (but also know when enough is enough and
> when to shut up:).  Be proud of what you know and
> are.  The reason these people make fun of us is
> because they are insecure about THEIR beliefs, and
> because we aren't, it threatens them in some subtle
> way.  This is not a cliche, it's the truth.  If they
> knew exactly what they believed for themselves, they
> would feel no need to pick on someone else.  Again,
> be proud that you guys know more at your age than
> most people do at twice MY age, lol.  
>    
>   Rootin' for ya,
>   Bren
> 
> 
> 
> 
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