There isn't enough paper to show how often I get misunderstood, I would say I'm the KING of misunderstood people. Why do people misunderstand other people anyway? Is it that we hear something and want it to be the way we hear it and in our minds decide "yes, thats what they mean" without asking what someone really means by something they've said. I've been misunderstood by silly pranks I've pulled in the past, by things I say, by things I do, even by LOOKING a certain way. So much of what we do, say and even the looks on our face, tell a lot, BUT they don't always tell the whole story. If you think someone meant something and it really wasn't very nice, it's best to ask them point blank exactly what they meant instead of come up with all sorts of senerios in your mind of what they meant. Thats where misunderstandings start I think. If something doesn't sound quite right the way you heard it, our mind starts wandering as to what they meant and before long you've come up with this meaning of what the person said that never even crossed their minds. Thats happened to me plenty of times, and unfortunately damage gets done that you wonder if it can ever be fixed. Sometimes we do stupid things and don't think how others will take it, thats where I get misunderstood a lot, by not thinking how someone will take it. The english language is quite tricky, so many words mean different things and if you use one word one way to 4 different people, a lot of times you get  4 different understandings of what was said...CRAZY. I know I'm probably rambling so I hope I'm not misunderstood here!  Maybe thats my problem, I ramble to much and don't get to the point and it causes peoples mind to wander I guess and come up with their own conclusion, hey , maybe THATS my problem  Maybe so. Anyway, here is a funny story that Grammy misunderstood me one time(one of the MANY times)

We hadn't been married long and she was working as the church secretary still. She worked outside the home until our son was born, but until then she worked everyday as the church secretary. Her 4 year old daughter got to stay in the nursery while she worked so it was really nice. Well, I had NEVER washed a load of clothes,in fact had KNOW IDEA how to even use a washing machine...I was 21. Anyway, she had gotten behind with washing clothes and I wanted to help. WELL, I didn't want to ask her how to wash clothes cuz I wanted to surprise her. So I ask my mom how to run the washing machine so I can help wash clothes. WOW, what a misunderstanding that took place there. Grammy took it that I wasn't happy about the clothes getting behind and went griping to my mom about it and had to have her show me how to wash clothes. Man, how in the WORLD did THAT transpire. She was hot, let me tell you. And as I look back I see where she was coming from, but hey, at the time I was 21 and had never been away from home, I didn't know what else to do to learn something. Anyway, I was able to explain why I asked my mom for help and she apologized.  It's so easy to take something the wrong way. But sometimes we read it right and how we take it is how it was meant, but for a lot of those times, we don't need to jump to conclusions as to what was meant. It can start a firestorm that sometimes can't be put out, all because of a little misunderstanding. I guess what I really want to say here is be careful when you assume what someone means by something they've done or said. If it's a friend or loved one, chances are if you took it in a bad way, that isn't how they meant for it to come out. If you have questions about what was meant ASK that person exactly what they meant, don't assume they meant something. If a lot of people are like me, they don't put a lot of thought into what they say sometimes and blurt stuff out and it's taken WAY wrong. I've tried to think a little longer before I speak and hopefully keep my size 16 foot out of my mouth....but then SOME folks think my mouth is BIG enough for my foot  Pfffffft!  I guess thats about it, I really wasn't sure what I wanted to say and how it would come across, so PLEASE don't misunderstand me if you don't understand this post  HE!HE!HE!  If yall could ONLY get into my mind you would see my dilema! I have to live with it EVERYDAY!  Have an AWESOME Friday friends, and don't let misunderstandings rule your life. Take care!

~Grampy~