Public personas

I just received a family update letter from someone I’m relatively close to. What always drives me crazy about those things is how perfect everyone else’s lives are on paper. Just once I’d like a real letter telling both the good and maybe a hint of the bad that has happened to said acquaintance . I’m sick of everyone’s jobs being perfect with crazy raises and promotions every year. Their perfect families where everyone lives in harmony during this pandemic in a mansion that is perfectly tidy and organized is enough to make me puke. Their superior time management coupled with their perfecting and mastery of everything they tackle, all during year one of this pandemic makes me want to infect them! 😏 I realize this is just a more personal version of Facebook, but shit, I wish people would be a little more real and forthcoming. No wonder everyone that receives this stuff becomes disheartened and depressed. Instead of a brag fest to update your friends and family. Perhaps a bit of a therapy letter is in order, there’s nothing wrong with a bit of complaining! Besides, it would all cheer up the rest of us to know we’re not alone 😉