{"id":1004,"date":"2011-02-15T20:32:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T19:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2013-07-02T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T15:25:08","slug":"practising-restraint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/02\/15\/practising-restraint\/","title":{"rendered":"Practising restraint."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Gag<\/a><\/p>\n

Restraint and diplomacy are not my stronger points, in fact neither are a trait I would say most people would attribute me with.<\/p>\n

I’ve lost track of the amount of times I’ve opened my mouth when I should have just bitten my tongue or when I’ve said completely the wrong thing in the most inappropriate of settings. I have to admit it’s not my most redeeming quality, it’s not something I do deliberately and it’s probably why I’m struggling right now.<\/p>\n

You see, I know something.<\/p>\n

I know something that is not for me to share, nor is it for me stick my nose in, but in knowing this thing I’m frustrated and angry and I want to do something to change it. I also want other people to know what I know and be equally as frustrated and equally as angry and for them to want to change it too, But, I know if I share this thing, or if I do stick my nose in there is a 50:50 chance I’ll do the wrong or say the wrong thing and make it worse, I know people will be upset with me so instead I’m practicing restraint and writing a frustratingly ambiguous post instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Restraint and diplomacy are not my stronger points, in fact neither are a trait I would say most people would attribute me with. I’ve lost track of the amount of times I’ve opened my mouth when I should have just bitten my tongue or when I’ve said completely the wrong thing in the most inappropriate … Continue reading Practising restraint.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[63,64,102,1],"tags":[472,557,558,473,471],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-friends","category-home","category-wbiagw","tag-diplomacy","tag-family","tag-friends","tag-frustration","tag-restraint"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6WGy-gc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":978,"url":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/01\/18\/random-memories-the-purple-fat-toy\/","url_meta":{"origin":1004,"position":0},"title":"Random Memories: The Purple Fat Toy","date":"January 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes out of the blue while doing something completely unrelated a long forgotten\u00c2\u00a0 memory surfaces. 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