My wife accuses me from time to time of being a pessimist. I honestly don't think I am. I know most pessimists use the rebuttal that they are "just realists." However, that's not me. I am mostly optimistic, but I can definitely lean toward realistic should the occasion call for it.
She usually plays the pessimist card when I'm watching the Colts. If they're down by a couple touchdowns and can't find their butts with both hands, I typically have some words for the TV. Hey, I'm a true fan. I'm there through thick and thin, but when they suck I let them know (or at least let my TV know). I'll make comments like, "This game is over. They suck." And I'll get the pessimist flag thrown at me.
I also get accused of being pessimistic when it comes to weather forecasts... specifically snow here in Tennessee. After living through 5 winters here now, my approach to Middle Tennessee meteorologists calling for "inches of snow" is "I'll believe it when I see it." This is a realistic point of view based on 5 years of empirical data... not pessimism. This is what I call "maintaining expectations." I write this post today because it's happening yet again. A few days ago they were calling for 3-6" for Thursday. Yesterday, it changed to 2-4". As of a few minutes ago, it's 1-1.5". There's no telling if it will actually snow tomorrow or not.
You tell me... am I a pessimist or a realist?
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A realist...definitely a realist!
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