Blinders

[lavender]

What blinds you to a person's true character?

Is it the way they treat you? Is it their sense of humor that simply catches you offguard and allows you to look past certain things? Is it the attention they give you?

We put on our blinders all the time to the ways people are.

Every person has something that allows them to be blinded - what are those things for you?

 

[MissTaken]

I am generally blinded by all the things I have lacked in my past relationship experiences.

As silly as it may seem, courtesy, empathy, concern and respect are things that blind me to the more insidious side of a human being.


Unfortunately, it isn't difficult to pretend that these qualities are genuine.

 

[DarkAngel]

uhm..

Cookies

 

[Kalyn]

Lavender, I'm getting the impression that you have been seriously screwed over recently.

 

[lavender]

Nope, not at all.

I haven't been screwed over by a person I cared about deeply in quite some time. Quite the contrary - I'm a very content little soul in my own personal relationships.

 

[Calamity Jane]

What blinds you to a person's true character?

Is it the way they treat you? Is it their sense of humor that simply catches you offguard and allows you to look past certain things? Is it the attention they give you?

We put on our blinders all the time to the ways people are.

Every person has something that allows them to be blinded - what are those things for you?

Gawd Lavy, just stop beating around the bush and tell us who the asshole is, already!

Seriously... it's easiest to be blinded when that person is offering us something that we think we need and that we can't get from anyone else. Sex, understanding, security, any number of things. Usually, if we're honest with ourselves, we can see how they really are, but we turn a blind eye in order to get our other needs fulfilled.

 

[His_kitty]

A persons sense of humor can have me to overlook a lot of things.

I think that one reason why I tend to have blinders is because of my naivete. Something that I'm growing out of, but that I hope not to completely lose.

 

[Freya]

I'm with Miss T on this one. If someone shows me something that I'm not used to seeing, I can tend to be blinded to their other qualities - for a short while. Thankfully, my blinders (in real life) don't stay on too long before my common sense kicks in and I start to see the true colours.

 

[lavender]

I'm blinded by a person's good looks.



If you're eye candy, you can get away with anything!

 

[marksgirl]

Once in a very blue moon it's out of this world good looks, but usually once they open their mouths it's all down hill from there. I really am a hard cookie to crack.

 

[DarkAngel]

I'm blinded by a person's good looks.



If you're eye candy, you can get away with anything!

Then don't look at me. I am the swamp thing

 

[Kitte]

I am also with MissT on this...unfortunatly.

 

[MissTaken]

I'm blinded by a person's good looks.



If you're eye candy, you can get away with anything!

If you are eye candy and pay attention to me, I generally will ask what your mental health diagnosis is!

 

[Freya]

Yeh the eye candy type guys don't blind me, because I spend so much time trying to figure out what they see in me, and if they sound sincere, I just assume that they must have mental health issues and avoid them.

 

[Wiggles]

It used to be drugs, now though? People with a certain energy, charismatic people, are the ones that might be able to pull wool over my eyes.

There are just some people that you want to be around, no matter what's beneath the surface. They're entertaining, engaging, lively and fun. So what if they've left a trail of used people behind them? <~~ Sarcasm.