"Why Don't They Just Bash the Truth?"

(Written 4/5/11 by ChristopherK2 for the Uglier Marylanders Blog) As I said earlier, I've been very open here about myself, and I've met hundreds of AOLers. So, I'm not sure why my obsessors need to make up stuff about me. Heck, the truth is awful enough. If I were of a mind to bash myself, I'd attack some of the following: My Body Bleeh... it's OLD, it's frail, and it has never been much to look at. When I look in the mirror, what I see is mostly an enormous nose, floppy ears, no chin, and a tiny mouth. True, I do have the killer baby blue eyes, but still... The rest of my body is one mass of confusion and contradiction. I inherited my dad's lower body (he was 6'3", about 210), but my mom's upper one (5'5", 120). So I basically look like a frickin' horse. Don't believe me? Here's a pic of me from my youth. I'm 2nd from the left--the one who's ALL LEGS and NO CHEST. My body has been generally very functional, but betrays me in many small ways. I'm not sure how bashable these are (I'll yield to the expertise of my obsessors on that). But my vision, for example, sucks. I'm pathetically colorblind, and I generally inherited my mom's bad eyes. When she'd go to the eye doc, he'd ask her to read the letter on the chart. She'd respond, "What chart"? He'd say, "On the wall over there." She'd say, "What wall???" I also have flat feet, knobby knees, scars all over the place, Crohn's disease, the perpetual runs, allergies to almost everything, love handles, and (recently) a small beer gut (from too many boxes of Good & Plenty). My Brain Yes, I have a fine brain as to logical thinking. But it otherwise is often a hassle. I can barely draw a stick figure. My memory's rapidly becoming a sieve. I have very little understanding of many subjects, such as history. I'm also somewhat obsessive-compulsive, witness my spices being in alphabetical order. I often have trouble getting off of a tangent. I'm also a bit ADHD. Miscellaneous I'm a very calm guy, which most women find a mixed bag. I let my irritation with people show more often than I should. I can be haughty at times, and occasionally sanctimonious. So, given all that to bash, just making up stuff about me seems to reflect the accuser's agenda more than anything else.