Over the past few days I have received a lot of support and positive comments from my friends via real life, Facebook and Runners World - Tri Forum and I want to say. 
I appreciate all the positive energy, it sure did make the whole experience even better. I know my hubby appreciates it also!!
With that said I also had a few people that showed me that in fact they do know me but perhaps instead of calling them Friends, I should call them Frienemies. What makes me say that...well responses to my swim time like. "Oh that's a good swim, but the conditions weren't difficult." or perhaps my favorite (insert the following conversation between friend and myself) "How did it go?"...."Awesome I was very happy with my result."...... "What was your time?"......."It ended up being 1:10:25."........"My first Ironman Swim was 1:xx:xx but it was very bad water, then my goggles filled up and got kicked in the face"......blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
As I listened to the rest of the story and a few stories after that I was actually laughing inside. Now I don't mean laughing necessarily @ this person but just laughing. I found it amusing that it was more important to verbally prove themselves to me than anything else. I mean heck, geezz.....I'm your friend no matter how fast or how slow you swim, bike or run.
If you know me in person you know I'm not a judger. People are different for a reason, and I accept people for who they are even if I don't agree with all your choices or actions. If you have a good heart and are truly a good person inside then that's all I really care about. Obviously the people that I tend to be closer with are peeps similar to myself but I have quite a few endurance athlete friends that always feel like they have to be on their game. Why?? Not sure and I'm not getting paid 300 dollars and hr to figure it out. Tee hee :pp So go ahead...I'm all ears eager to listen about how you single-handedly conquered the universe, cured cancer and ended world hunger all in the same day. Shall I hand you your cape? ;p ;p ;p (I said I didn't judge, never said I wouldn't be a smart ass)
The only reason I actually thought about the whole topic was because I recounted the story to my hubby to which he responded...." Does that really surprise you, (name withheld to protect the innocent ;p) has always been that way" ????..really? I never really noticed. *shrug* Oh well. Friend or Frienemy you're still welcome in my world.....I just know where your priorities lie.
I think I'm going to call today "Hug a Frienemy Day"...............so now find your frienemies and give them a hug BUT don't blame me if ya get stuck in an hour long conversation about "them" LOLOLOL. *wink* Have a great day!!!
