There is something almost condemnable in a person who talks too much about him/herself. But here's a random thought, what about a person who never talks about him/herself? Not that he/she is quiet, it's just that their personal matters are somehow never become any topic of a conversation yet the other person has divulged of his/her stuff.
In a healthy communication, I would say that people who tend to conceal/suppress their personal matter is just as bad, if not worse, than those who are self centered. It is not a matter of airing your dirty laundry, but rather a matter of sharing the mutual respect and having the same level of trust and comfort.
That being said, relationship of any kind can only grow if there is a sense of reciprocation ( among many other things).
On another random note, I am becoming more and more aware of how certain medical terms that we so easily throw around in our daily life are actually considered a real offense to those who suffer from them.
For example, we say "depressed" and I use the sentence " I'm gonna go have a suicide" a lot haha. While in reality, there are severely depressed people or real families battling suicide effects etc. I guess when there is no immediate effect, we just can't see how bad it is too actually say all those things.
That being said though, I am so used to saying those terms that I am not very confident in turning things around lol. I will try to be more sensitive when it comes to a new peer though, cause you'll never know.
Case in point is this book is shown in this book I am currently reading. It is about OCD and how life threatening it can be.
I just think that people should really stop claiming that they have OCD because real OCD sufferers would rather people not know that they have such conditions rather than proudly saying that they do!
It is really annoying and not cute when someone goes and says " OMG I have such a case of OCD, look at how I have to line up all my nail colors". Just no.
On a personal note, we have returned from our first family trip in 2015!
Traveling with a toddler and a baby really shouldn't be considered a leisure activity at all. The whatever small amount of energy I had before going was significantly depleted by the end of the trip. But for what it's worth, I do feel that it's a good distraction to my relatively dull and boring usual activity back home.
Well, that and seeing how the kids are having a great time actually can be well worth it after all!