tastes and slaps

Tastes and slaps have one thing in common, you'll never find two exactly the same. You won't have two different persons telling you they like the EXACT same things. The tastes vary according to music, movies, people and the categories could go on and on and on.

For instance, a very good friend of mine and I have totally opposite tastes in movies, music and women (:P). I've been told that I wouldn't like Dr.House for example, because the main character would annoy me to no end. Well, I've watched a few episodes yesterday and I must say I really liked it. And the character does not annoy me at all - he does have a strong sarcastic side I truly enjoy - I also employ sarcasm in everyday life, however not a lot of people understand it.  Other people LOVE clowns and roller-coasters....well, clowns freak me out big time (the movie IT had a strong influence) and roller-coasters are the top of my "no-no" list.

For a while I felt like others' tastes influenced mine, and was pretty depressed as I felt I had no personal taste whatsoever. I tried to fight it, freaked out if someone said "hey, I really like this song - me too" and felt I was entitled to like that song, ONLY me, nobody else. But as I got older (but not necessarily wiser), I realized it wasn't such a big deal after all. I like what I like, and I don't give a damn about what other people say - you should see the eye-olls when I tell people I like Britney Spears and my favorite TV show was Charmed. Those who really know, know my tastes (although sometimes I can truly surprise people) and they don't care about it. They accept me for what I am, and THAT, ladies and gentlemen is the key to friendship!