WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

DOES IT EVER MAKE YOU WONDER HOW PEOPLE, SUPPOSED FRIENDS, JUST TAKE AND TAKE AND TAKE - AND YOU GIVE AND GIVE AND GIVE??  I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING TOO GIVING TO A POINT THAT WOULD THEN GIVE ME THE TITLE OF BEING A DOORMAT.  THE TRUTH OF IT IS THAT I HAVE TO STAY TRUE TO WHO I AM AND IF I HAVE TO LEARN MY LESSON THE HARD WAY THEN THAT IS HOW I LEARN.  I WON'T LISTEN TO WHAT ONE PERSON HAS TO SAY ABOUT ANOTHER (UNLESS YOU ARE SAS)....
BEING GIVING IS A GREAT THING AND YOU SHOULD NEVER EXPECT.  IF YOU LOAN SOMEONE MONEY (OR IF THEY PUT YOU IN THE AWKWARD POSITION OF ASKING TO BORROW IT) THEN YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IS AS GIVING RATHER THAN A LOAN.  MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU "LOAN" ANYTHING YOU MAY AS WELL BE GIVING IT AWAY.  SO AS FAR AS MY GIVING GOES I LOVE TO GIVE BUT GENERALLY IT CAN'T BE MONEY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY.  RECENTLY I LOANED MY LAST $10 TO A "FRIEND" WHO ASKED AND PROMISED TO PAY IT BACK THAT NIGHT - AND I MADE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR I NEEDED IT.  HAVE I SEEN THE MONEY?  YOU CAN GUESS....HAVE I SEEN MY "FRIEND"....YOU CAN GUESS.
IN THESE SITUATIONS I THINK TO MYSELF "REALLY - LIKE WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?"  IT'S STRANGE TO ME TO BE SUCH A JACKASS IN THESE SITUATIONS.  YOU TRUST YOUR FRIENDS AND YOU ARE UNDER THE ILLUSION THAT THEY VALUE THE FRIENDSHIP BUT THESE THINGS MAKE YOU WONDER IF YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CARES. 
FIRST OF ALL I WOULD NEVER ASK TO BORROW MONEY.  I WOULD RATHER START PAWNING MY THINGS THAN TO PUT MYSELF AND SOMEONE I CARE ABOUT IN THAT POSITION.  IT'S ALSO VERY RUDE TO MAKE PROMISES YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT KEEP.  ANOTHER REFERENCE TO MY "NO MAKING PROMISES" RULE.  I DON'T WANT TO BE THAT PERSON WHO IS LOOKED AT AS A LIAR OR A FLAKE. 
I'M NOT A STUPID PERSON AND I ALWAYS GIVE AT LEAST ONE CHANCE TO NOT PROVE ME WRONG AND WHEN I DO END UP DISAPPOINTED I'VE LEARNED.  THE ONLY PERSON I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR IS MY CHILD AND MYSELF.  I AM NOT RAISING A CHILD THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN "ADULT" AND A "FRIEND" BECAUSE IT'S LAME.  IF I WERE THEM I WOULD BE EMBARRASSED BECAUSE I AM EMBARRASSED FOR THEM AS WELL AS FRUSTRATED.  I DON'T LIKE BEING LET DOWN AND WHEN I GIVE I DON'T EXPECT ANYONE TO BOW DOWN TO ME IN PRAISE BUT IT'S JUST A COURTESY TO BE RESPECTFUL. 
THIS PHRASE IS ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES AND MAYBE I CAN BE A LITTLE CRASS AT TIMES BUT WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH A PERSON WHO IS A HUMAN LEACH YOU JUST HAVE TO LET THEM BE.  REALLY?  WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?  IT'S A BLUNT QUESTION THAT MANY OF THESE USERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER SO IF YOU EVEN HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF "WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE" THEN YOU HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION AND IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE AND WISH THEM WELL...