I have been thinking a lot lately, I know, so scary! But that is what turning 40 and having a midlife crisis is suppose to be about, right? This week I have been thinking about words or phrases that have meaning to me. Today it is the phrase "Drama Queen". When my husband wants to end an argument with me or push my buttons or just plain piss me off, he will call me a "Drama Queen". I would rather be called a Bitch any day. Why? To me a Drama Queen implies that my feelings, emotions, thoughts on that particular subject are not important. It is a put down. It says that I am exaggerating or being a crazy person. It says "I" am not important or that my feelings are not valid. To me a Drama Queen makes a mountain out of a mole hill or creates negative feelings in others for their own enjoyment or someone that just plain has to have attention on them for no valid reason.
This is not me.
I decided to see what google said about this phrase.
Webster Dictionary - "noun" - Definition of DRAMA QUEEN: a person given to often excessively emotional performances or reactions
Hmmmm....Who defines "excessive"? And is being emotional such a bad thing?
Urban Dictionary -Someone that turns something unimportant into a major deal
Again, if it is important to me....(see number 15 in previous post)
EHOW, has an article "how to stop a drama queen"; they mention a restraining order. snort laugh from me.
So maybe I tend to react emotionally when it is not necessary. I would rather think that makes me passionate or actually means having a personality. Attention Whore? I like to think of it as "outgoing". Excessive? Really? Go big or go home I say. Reactions? Hello? Isn't that called "participating in life"?
I am NOT a Drama Queen, I am passionate and outgoing. So there.
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