{"id":75,"date":"2012-02-08T23:21:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T04:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2025-05-12T19:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:09:08","slug":"being-true-to-your-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/being-true-to-your-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Being true to your character"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s this woman I see regularly at this place I go, and she is always very grumpy. No, I&#8217;m not talking about looking in the mirror, sheesh. This woman is just always bitter, always looking down at people with a stern look of disapproval. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever seen her smile or laugh with people. But tonight I saw her with a big shopping bag, giving out Valentine&#8217;s candy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sternlook-1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"242\" data-id=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sternlook-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78\" title=\"sternlook\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sternlook-1.png 400w, https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sternlook-1-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know people have a wide range of emotions, and that people can be stern at times and lighthearted at times, but I just don&#8217;t see a person who is always grumpy and barks at people being the same person who is kind and generous enough to prepare and give out Valentines. I guess it&#8217;s possible, but I would question a Valentine given by someone who is usually a jerk to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/oocandy-1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"296\" data-id=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/oocandy-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" title=\"oocandy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/oocandy-1.png 400w, https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/oocandy-1-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe I should think about being the bigger person and becoming kind and generous to those who are rude to me, and maybe that will catch on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blechtoenails-1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"373\" data-id=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blechtoenails-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" title=\"blechtoenails\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blechtoenails-1.png 400w, https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/blechtoenails-1-300x280.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or maybe not. That&#8217;s just not the kind of person I am. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Thanks to JG for the idea. If you&#8217;re wondering about the toenails, read <a href=\"https:\/\/hallopello.com\/blog\/?p=67\">this post<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s this woman I see regularly at this place I go, and she is always very grumpy. No, I&#8217;m not talking about looking in the mirror, sheesh. This woman is just always bitter, always looking down at people with a stern look of disapproval. 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