Talking about acceptance...

Well, I don't care what other think of me. The only people whose opinions matter to me is my Mom's. Other than that, I just live my life the way I please. I've always been trying to please others and I got quite sick of it. Now I have no qualms if someone hates my guts. What's important is that I'm happy with my life. It's a waste of my life trying to accommodate to other people's feelings.

iT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT i BE ACCEPTED FOR WHO i AM. iF ONE DOESN'T LIKE THE WAY i TRUELY AM i AM NOT GOING TO CHANGE JUST FOR THAT PERSON. iF THEY CAN'T ACCEPT THE REAL ME THEN THEY CAN'T TAKE LIFE SERIOUS ENOUGH FOR ME. i AM CAREFREE AND HUMOROUS SO BEAR WITH IT i TELL EM. happy postimngs from grandpa bob !!~

Even in the 21st century my friend there is still a lot of predjudice and if you don't conform to society's norm then you are an outcast, and there is a lot of discrimination. I am a different person to some and do hide a lot of things about me, I've been hurt in the past so I use a different persona for my own protection, when I go away to my retreat or see my close friends I can be the real Brian, I know you might think that is wrong, but it is safer that way, I have enough shite in my life without adding to it or compicating it!

I really need to be accepted for what I am and who I am. For some years - way too many - while I was a kid I used to try to please everyone and go out of my way to feel accepted. But one can't please everyone all the time and I learned that late in my teens. Sure we always tend to present our best side to others, this is natural, but it doesn't mean that we need to change who we are just to be accepted unless it is something that we feel we need to change as well.

This is a big thing in the world, being accepted by others, in school, work and life in general. Where I live everyone seems like zombies half the time just doing what everyone else does to fit in and teasing the others. I try my best to just be myself and think that they'll speak bad about me anyway even if I do try to fit in so I'll just try my best to be me, though sometimes I can feel the pressure to fit in.

i am not like that. i am a love me or leave me the heck alone kind of guy. if people not impressed than i dont care becase i do what i enjoy and am who i enjoy. i dont have time to put on appearance.

I think I have to be true to myself and I know that not everyone will like me for this, but then I do not like everyone I meet either. I am quite opinionated, but not in an agressive way. I will stand up for what I believe and often have rants about the state of the world, which does not go down well with everybody, but hey, thats life.

The only person who needs to accept me is me. You may not understand that, but if I needed acceptance from others, my life might never be validated. As long as I am aware of who I am, that is all that matters. I refuse to be something I am not in order to gain acceptance from others.

I know what you mean, Joey. And no, its not pointless to ask about acceptance. I don't like to dwell too much of my time in trying to let other people accept me for who I am. There are some instances that I need to pretend but not because I like to be accepted, but to avoid being in a state of vulnerability. Otherwise, I will not enforce myself to anyone who don't like me.

but it's really hard to be myself.there are so many things that makes you to change

Well people have various reasons for pretending to be someone else. It usually happens because of one of two reasons. The main one is that they can not really accept who they are and why they did somthing, and they try to hide from them self, and pretend to be someone else. The second type are the people that society and their close environment is so important to them, that they can erase themselves and be "normal". I personally do not really care about those things, i know that i could not live with myself avoiding my real self. So i am what i am, and if they have a problem with that, and do not accept me, well it is their problem, and they are the only ones that will have to solve that problem.

It is very important that I make close relationships with people who accepts me as who I am. In our lifetime, we come accross different people and even make friends with those we like and we end up being what those people wants us to be, in the end, if we show our true self, they cannot accept it, and we suffer.. It is important that we be true to who we are, doesn't matter if they like us or not, what matters is that in the end, nobody's fooling anybody.

I do feel that people should accept me for who I am, although it isn't really important to me if they do or not! Like you I could care less about what others think of me....I live my life for my children and no one else!

It's not super important to me. Changing who you are just to be accepted is definitely something I would never do. It means more really when you are being who you are and people see that and like you for being yourself.

I would never change who I am just to make someone like me or accept me at all. If they don't want the real me, then it is their loss and I'll just move on.

it is very important that I be accepted for who I am and not what somebody else wants me to be. all my life people have wanted me to be something that I am not.

it is not really that important to me as people should really accept who i am. i couldnt change my ways for anyone as this person is who i am and always will be

It would be nice to be accepted and appreciated by everyone, but I won't change myself in order to have that happen. I can only hope that the majority of people will accept me for who I am, and for the most part they do.

Absolutely!! But not just being accepted for who I am, but that people will take the time to want to learn who I am. Everyone has past experiences that tend to put a bias on who or what we think people are when we meet them. Maybe based on where you live, how big your family is, how you dress, where you work. The trick is for people to have the patience to look through those biases and know who you really are and ACCEPT you for it!

It would be nice if you are accepted AND APPRECIATED for what you are. Your life would certainly be brighter and you will feel happier too. However, there is nothing you can do - except keep trying or try harder if you want - if people refuse to accept you. What comes, come. Life goes on.