People who want to please everybody please nobody. Do you agree ?

Posted by Forget-me-Not on November 9, 2009

A middle-aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two women at the same time. One of them was young, and the other well advanced in years. The elder woman, ashamed to be courted by a man younger than herself, made a point, whenever her admirer visited her, to pull out some portion of his black hairs. The younger, on the contrary, not wishing to become the wife of an old man, was equally zealous in removing every gray hair she could find. Thus it came to pass that between them both he very soon found that he had not a hair left on his head.Often in my life i have met with such people, and finaly, i noticed that, at the end, in those situations, nobody was happy.It's true that it's not easy to say "no", but sometimes it's necessary.Would those who always want to please everyone, have a lack of self esteem ? What do you think ?FMN

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  • Ruzan November 21, 2009 2:12
    Dear Manuela,
    I never like the idea to please everyone,it's not my nature and when it's necessary I can say "no",but it doesn't mean that I'm rude.I'm just keeping my ego...
    Thanks for this post!
    Ruzan
  • Reem Ali November 10, 2009 16:59
    Hello Forget me not
    I agree with that. Most of people who wants to please everybody suffer of lack self-esteam.
    So, it isn't necessary to please everyone. Thanks a lot for this nice topic.
    Best wishes
  • Marianna November 9, 2009 14:32
    To please everybody is a great waste of time.
  • Nafis November 9, 2009 13:20
    Dear Manuela,

    I think a pleaser have the lack of self-esteem and he/she wanted to feed his/her ego and the ego needs to please everybody.

    Thanks a lot..

    Love+hugg,
    Nafis
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