Today I was walking through a national park with my dog and my BF, we were making our way back to our car on a paved trail and pass two women with their dog, obviously I kept my six yr old collie mix on a short leash because we were just about at our car and she’s high energy and some people don’t welcome the interaction of someone elses dog but anyways I noticed the other woman was holding her dog back as it was excited and looked anxious so to be friendly I say to her wow your dog is beautiful and you have her so well trained bc I admired her ability to control the dog and this women turned around and SNAPS at me.. I believe she thought I was being sarcastic or something bc even though she was holding it back trying to calm it the dog was excited… anyways, whatever she perceived me to have said made her so furious that she took the time to angrily explain that her animal was a rescue that they know nothing about the dog while standing directly towards me almost like she was ready to attack, saying something like is there something you’d like to add here ? and honestly I was just totally shocked at the fact that you can’t even compliment someone these days without them misunderstanding what you’ve said and ultimately becoming furious throughout said misunderstanding. Today was such a humbling experience as after this woman this stranger freaks out and I calmly restate my original comment she shortly said I’m sorry and turns to continue walking on her way… totally flabbergasted keep replaying the interaction in my head wondering what I might have done to upset this person so much that it was like they had venom spewing out of their eyes and mouth I am shocked I am disgusted and mostly I am just really worried… almost for no reason I guess, the anxiety that this interaction caused makes me not ever want to go out into public ever again. I realize rereading this it doesn’t even really sound that bad but man you should’ve been there it was just strange, this woman acted like I insulted her to her core like how the people who twitter rage about meaningless things but IRL and idk im not really a social media person I guess the times are different now but im a 20 year old woman, she was older than me I tried to compliment her and she immediately thrashes out and tried to lecture me about what she thought I assumed about her life. Like just what the f*** i dont get it i dont get people anymore I have almost a crippling fear of them. I work as an independent contractor now after almost 6 years in the service industry, been working since i was 14 so yeah just f*** just f*** this day f*** my lack of social skills f*** ugly angry people but me for even trying to have a normal conversation with someone anyone this is why I dont even care to try anymore society has failed my generation and the gnerations before me, i hope things can get better i really f****** do and I want to be that change I want to make this world a better place for whoever else has to grow up in it but man am I fucked up i am just backwards and angry and i dont know anything anymore so much uncertainty and disappointment and sadness and confusion in my life im so tired and i havent even lived i hope things change. I am feeling hopeless. I often day dream of driving into a wall or a poll or f****** something just to end this all. I hate people and I hate everything and today just reinforced that x1000
