Ride or Die

My life has officially become a hip-hop song. Ok, not really, but it has had its share of unappreciated and uncalled-for drama, recently, and when you consider the true nature of ultimatums, it's essentially the ride-or-die, do-or-else, my way or the highway mentality. So unfitting of me; tres not my style.

I've wondered why people issue ultimatums: to be controlling? insecurity? afraid of losing something? the inability to properly communicate their wants/needs/concerns? While I'm clueless to the answer, I also haven't spent a large amount of brain power being that concerned. I am not sure of the effectiveness of ultimatums; there's too much involved...is it a win-win, win-lose/lose-win, lose-lose situation. Talk about a bore and a headache! I typically don't do them because the few that I've received have been hilarious and not worth my time or energy to give them a thought. I mean, really...it's me. We all know, I'm all about and it's all about...me. I have no problem burning a bridge and blowing away the ashes. Again, m to the e.

Well, I'm growing.... Recently, I received an ultimatum...while ultimatums by nature tend to box people in and make them feel trapped (and as part of our animalistic nature, our natural response is to fight), I plan to take time to consider all sides. My options: 1) lose a friendship (which, from what I gathered, has some kind of date [like born-on or expiration] on it...not sure, I'll have to clarify that) or 2) forgo writing about a specific subject in some of my work/blog posts.

I'm billing this as the 'ultimate' battle: Friendship vs. Fanship! Who's gonna ride!?

While I think I may have my answer, already, someone bring me a scale (of justice?) and some marbles. I'm going to weigh this out!

Feel free to weigh in...