The Know-It-All

I'm sure everyone out there knows one of these people. Maybe...gasp...even are related to one of em. A know-it-all. One of those people who's ass must be perfumed with Binaca, given how much they want it kissed. I've known one for a few years now. Dean* is a decent enough guy. Quasi handsome. He might even come off as charming if you talk to him for 5 minutes. But Godforbid you fall short of the perfect and glorious existence he has in his wake... Heaven forbid you make a mistake!

If I need any advice, he's ready to dole it out...No problem. But he has this canned view of the world. His advice is good for Dean, but not necessarily for me. And if I point this out then I'm in denial. True, he's got a few years on me...but I'm in a completely different place (in so many ways) from where he is and has ever been. I'm not living in the "middle class", I don't just want to make money, I want to have a career I enjoy; sex is not the most important thing in my life. I'm marrying the love of my life and the sex is the icing on the cake. Dean is in a position where he's ravenous for intimacy, he doesn't seem to enjoy his job, let alone have a career he loves. I don't want to say he's lived a charmed life, I don't think I know him well enough to say so. But I don't enjoy feeling like the value of my experience pales in comparison to his views just cuz he's a few years older. Views, that I would venture to say, are somewhat sheltered.

In the end, I can't be sore. I'm going to live my life according to me. No matter what. >Sigh< I read a great quote somewhere, "The man who believes he knows everything, really knows nothing". I think that's true. When you close yourself up, claiming to have sufficient knowledge, you stop the flow of new info. You make yourself unable to absorb anything more. Dangerous.

How's your know-it-all?