Now I Remember Why...

Whenever you run into an old acquaintance from your high school days, inevitably someone suggests that you need to keep in touch and/or get together with the "old gang." This most often seems like a completely legitimate and rational idea. I guess it would be nice to chew the fat with some of those with whom we grew up? However now I remember why I never kept in touch with some people, or even hung out with them regularly back in the day for that matter. Thanks, Facebook!

I approved a friend request of a girl I attended school with and for a few days we exchanged pleasantries and small talk, etc.. Then late one evening I am surfing the net and notice this girl has posted an entry about this unconventional group attempting to educate young women about the dangers of breast cancer. Fair enough, I think to myself. That is certainly a serious and important subject. However the advertising slogan of said group reads "Squeeze Your Boobies. Are You squeezing Them?" Now one would gather that this campaign is meant to be light-hearted and to make comfortable those who feel uncomfortable about such a subject. At least that's the way I took it. I innocently made a remark that there had to be a joke in there somewhere and left it at that. Well apparently this was a heinous enough statement to awaken the self-righteous bitch I have long since forgotten?

In no uncertain terms I was informed my humor was not appreciated and that breast cancer is "NO JOKE." Okay, I can understand such reasoning and I was prepared to make a retraction and offer an apology. Then I notice a further comment about how people "can be so ignorant!" Now I may not be the most sensitive guy but isn't it fair to construe the use of the term "boobies" as containing an element of humor? Suddenly I am portrayed as the posterboy rooting for cancer. I mean, what the fuck? Is it "ignorant" to poke a little fun at such an innapropriate marketing slogan or is the ignorance immediately declaring me some sort of sadistic bastard for simply pointing out the attempt at humor by the breast cancer awareness group? Cancer has certainly had an effect on my own family but I see some people deal with it differently that others.

I guess I learned my lesson about rekindling old relationships? Some people just can't get over themselves and move past their self-importance. I guess I should have known better than to have said anything at all? There is a reason people remain friends throughout life and there is equal reasoning why some do not. Well I did in fact apologize because it needed to be done but in reality this bitch can eat it as far as I'm concerned. Life is too short to take yourself that seriously and it's diseases like cancer that are testimony to that fact. Feel free to mope and be miserable all the rest of your days but at least try to give others the benefit of the doubt before you condemn them for simply trying to be social as per requested.