Do some people make your head spin?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (388422)
Rockingham, Australia
July 6, 2026 6:42pm CST
I’ve talked about how we used to host couch-surfers and also couch-surfed ourselves once or twice. We have kept in touch with a few and one is a German lady who now lives just an hour away. She drives us crazy mostly but she doesn’t have a lot of friends so we seem to be it for the moment which is fine really. I'm just venting a little.
Everything is black or white with her. There is no grey or middle ground. She is also very adverse to spending money which is good thing if you’re on your own. But she goes over and over the same problems and asks what we think but then it’s ‘what if this, what if that’ till our heads are spinning.
She has bought a house in Mandurah and moved in a few weeks ago. We went down recently and Vince was able to help her with a few small tasks that she couldn’t manage on her own. That’s where I took the photo of the gardenia. Isn’t it just perfect?
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@GardenGerty (170621)
• United States
7 Jul
I was admiring the photo. It is good she does not live any closer, she might get on your last nerve. Then she would be without friends to listen.
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@BelleStarr (61668)
• United States
7 Jul
It is perfect indeed. Yes many people make my head spin.
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@BelleStarr (61668)
• United States
7 Jul
@JudyEv lol now that I am off of my Zoloft I have zero tolerance. My daughter says I need to start taking it again since I now have no filter. lol
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@Fleura (36169)
• United Kingdom
7 Jul
Our lodger Antonio has a tendency to over-analyse everything, and to look for hidden meanings in the simplest things. For example Little One thought that the word 'compost' written on the lid of our compost bin in the kitchen had faded too much, so she re-wrote it and added a few decorations; he then had to ask whether this was some subtle message that perhaps they had been using the bins incorrectly and it was a passive way of getting the message across... My partner does tend to do this too, which is maddening but not to quite the same degree, thankfully.
At our little beginners' music session last week Antonio, who is learning the violin, was trying to analyse a particular new piece of music. After we had our first attempt at playing it he started going on about how, part way through, there was a key change to A minor but it sounded like G major (or something along those lines) and the particular notes that gave these impressions.... The rest of us just stood there thinking 'What is he on about?' I had to tell him to just stop analysing it!
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@snowy22315 (212967)
• United States
7 Jul
That's a beautiful pic. I think I am one who makes heads spin.

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@snowy22315 (212967)
• United States
7 Jul
@JudyEv Really? I wouldn't think that of you. You seem rather calm and level headed. You could vote me most likely to be in a quandry.
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@FourWalls (87794)
• United States
7 Jul
I tend to over-analyze everything…but I don’t impose it on others. I bore/annoy/infuriate myself with it.
Glad Vince was able to help her some, too!
That is a gorgeous flower.
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@wolfgirl569 (140630)
• Marion, Ohio
7 Jul
Some people can drive you nuts while being very sweet
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@AliCanary (4927)
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7 Jul
My gosh, that really is a lovely gardenia. I have a big bush of white ones in the backyard. They smell heavenly, but they are usually in various states of disrepair, lol
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@teamfreak16 (46746)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jul
Your entire second paragraph literally described my ex entirely! 

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@teamfreak16 (46746)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jul
@JudyEv - Not at all, but I was reading that and I was like, "Is she German and I wasn't aware all that time?" 

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@DaddyEvil (178602)
• United States
7 Jul
It's a beautiful flower.
Uhm... I may not be as nice as you are. If someone drives me crazy, I avoid them. I'll still talk to them if they catch me when I'm out and about but when they bring up the same old stuff, suddenly, I've got an urgent need to be elsewhere.
I'm sorry she's such a pain and hope she makes some new friends soon, for your sake.
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@DaddyEvil (178602)
• United States
7 Jul
@JudyEv At least she's not constantly there to bug you. And yes, there are nice communities of geo-caching people. Hopefully, she'll fall in with a few of those people.
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@Daljinder (23188)
• Bangalore, India
9 Jul
Earlier, I used to get upset or lose my temper with such people, but as I age, I tend to keep my interactions limited with them. Really, they used to make me want to bang my head against a wall. So, now I preserve my energy for other things.
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@sathviksouvik (23615)
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8 Jul
the photo of the flower is too good. There are many people who really make the head spin. Thanks Judy for the lovely share
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@JudyEv (388422)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jul
I'm glad you enjoyed the photo. Gardenias are very lovely.
@valherma00 (5450)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
7 Jul
it's straight from the dreams, so perfect, the photo
. maybe cause she lives alone, could be that or it's her personality. i live alone now but i fear it will be like this forever and solitary does strange things to people. i think you have every right to vent
. maybe cause she lives alone, could be that or it's her personality. i live alone now but i fear it will be like this forever and solitary does strange things to people. i think you have every right to vent
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@valherma00 (5450)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
13 Jul
@JudyEv but it's not easy. you are lucky for not being alone in this life.

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Well, she is German and I know exactly what you meant. I have a lot of German friends.