Do folks do this because we have MS? or do they do it because they are rude? or because your opinion matters so little or theirs matters so much? either way it grinds my gears and is a huge pet peeve of mine. let me explain.

lets say I am out walking. I pass a neighbor. I tell her about the most beautiful flowers I saw earlier on top of the hill. "wonderful pink posies!" and she will say "they are not pink, they are orange" Um..well...the ones I saw were pink. the response is "well i hate to tell you this but posies dont come in pink, only orange!" with me saying "perhaps I didnt see a posie then, but it was a nice PINK flower. with the response of "ive been up that mountain a hundred times and never saw a pink flower. to which i respond well there are PINK flowers TODAY!

Dont you hate when someone wants to tell you what it was you saw, or felt or experienced? is it an MS thing? do folks think that because I am suffering that I dont know what I am talking about?

I told a friend each time I go to X city the ice cream window is very crowded. her response "its not crowded there there is never anyone at the window" my response was "each time I go there, its crowded. maybe its the time of day or time of season, but I have yet to see it not crowded." her response was "well since the new ice cream place went in around the corner there are never any crowds. perhaps you havent been there since, but the crowds are not gone" I say "great! they got a new place, but last time I saw it, it was very crowded."

WHY????!!!! I used two examples but this problem seems to be following me. From what color something is to the price of something, to my experience with a company or person or event. WHY???!!!! OMG im gonna lose it if folks keep telling me how I am supposed to feel, or what I did or didnt see or even the "how are you feeling?" with my answer of "im kinda dragging lately, im trying to get out there, but its been hard" followed by the "well I see you out walking quite a bit, so it cant be that bad" OMG! I swear, someone needs to start collecting bail money cause im gonna snap!

Folks NEVER treated me this way before MS. I am always treated with respect, kindness, and believed when I say its snowing outside folks believe its snowing outside! Do they think I have gone off the deep end cause I have MS? Does anyone else experience this?