No whining

I was talking w/ a co-worker the other day about feeling sorry for yourself. We agreed that it's acceptable to feel sorry for yourself for a set amount of time and then you need to DEAL with it. Is everyone alive? Is everyone healthy? Okay, you're fine. There is always someone way worse off than you who may be homeless, starving, abused, terminally ill, you get the picture. No prolonged whining over days, weeks, months, and God forbid, years. My co-worker and I agree that when we get this way, it's quite frustrating and boring in the long run; we don't like who we are when we're whiny people. I used to call this, "PMS"--"Poor Me Syndrome."

My best friend and I often have moments where we'll say to each other, "Can I be a girl for just a minute?" (Side note: This is not allude to the fact that girls whine or cry a lot but just because my friend and I consider ourselves cold fish for the most part when it comes to emotion and somewhat devoid of womanly feelings.) And we'll whine, cry, bitch, complain...and then we're done. If I am not going to be strong for myself, who will be?