Meism
The other day, I mistakenly thought I had come up with a wholly novel quasi-religious term and it's "Meism". You have probably encountered members of this cult in your own life. Meists are people who only want to talk about themselves - their families, their achievements, their adventures, their homes, their ailments. They are not much interested in other people's lives. It's all, "Me, me, me, me"...endlessly. To some extent, we are probably all a bit meist and cynics might argue that blogging is all about self-interest and trumpeting your thoughts and experiences to others who spend time here in Blogworld. Perhaps it's all just a question of degree. So many times in my life, I have found myself listening to meists as they drone on about themselves and their lives. I am a very good listener and I believe that other people sense that. I react to what is being said and pose follow up questions but so often I reach a point in my head where I say to mys...