| November 3, 2003 - Energy vampires - continued |
| Energy vampires prefer happy victims. The reason is that a happy victim only enhances the energy vampire's unhappiness. Since the energy vampire can't stand to see how miserable they are compared to others, they try to bring the happy victim down, down, down so that there's no longer a distinction between the energy vampire's outlook on life and that of his formerly happy victim. It's like the mythological relationship between the living and the dead. Ghosts and vampires supposedly wander the earth because the dead are envious of the living and seek to turn the living into one of themselves. JOHNNYLEEN is pleased to say that he's only had to deal with a small number of energy vampires in his lifetime. That's because I've learned to recognize the symptoms and do my best to extracate myself from the friendship before I get sucked into their depression. Now, here's the best way to tell if a potential friend is an energy vampire. Invite them to a restaurant that you like to go to. Watch how they behave and listen to what they say. If they don't smile much and tend to be critical of the food, chances are that they're an energy vampire. Or they may damn the food with faint praise, such as, "Well the steak was good, BUT the salad dressing was too oily." Or another good one, "I don't know why you're spending the money on me here when Appleby's has much better food." If that's the general atmosphere during your outing, then at the end of the meal thank them for their company and then run like hell. Go back to page 1 of Energy Vampires Next entry Previous entry Go to diary entries Go back home |