Keeping It Real

I genuinely try to be a good person.

I’m honest, well, most of the time. I’m pretty much ‘what you see, is what you get’ and sometimes I’m too real for some people. Is that their problem or mine?

Recently, I was subjected to an online troll. A woman, that I’ve interacted with on social media and who I thought was nice, accused me of being fake. Her words were; “you’re not fooling anyone with your pretend kindness. You’re a fake and an ugly one too”!

I was shocked, hurt and baffled. It came completely out of the blue. I avoided social media for some time while I licked my wounds.

Years ago, I surrounded myself with people who I thought I needed to be friends with, minor celebrities and pretentious ones at that. Now, there are no fake people in my life. I simply don’t have time for it, nor the drama that seems to follow them. Drama seems to be prerequisite to being ‘the big I am’.

I’m very analytical so, after giving the trolling some thought, it appears, reading between the lines, some women see me as a threat!

Now that is bonkers! Never have I considered myself a threat to another woman. I admire other women for their talent, their career success, their wonderful personalities and sometimes their looks.

What am I a threat to?

I’m nothing special. I’m honest, have a good sense of humour, work hard and don’t look too bad for 52. Oh that sounds old! Eeeek!

But seriously, if I’m a threat to another woman then she must be insecure. I can’t think of any other explanation and I really can’t waste too much time worrying about it!

So, in conclusion, for the sake of my mental health, trolls will be blocked and nasty messages will be deleted without a second thought! I urge anybody receiving vitriolic messages to do the same.