Partner from hell

(I wrote this last night but I couldn't connect to the Internet, so I'm posting it now...)

STUPID STUPID STUPID STUPID!!! (me, I mean) How could I not have seen it coming? I was at table-tennis training (this year I’m playing in a club and sometimes we have competitions) and we’ll be having a competition this Thursday in teams of two (each person plays a single and we play a double together, I guess), so we had to sign up in pairs. And I didn’t see it coming, STUPID! I let others sign up first, etc, etc, and then I got stuck with him...I SHOULD have seen it coming!!! I SHOULD have quickly grabbed another partner while I could! But noooo...I was so dumb I ended up with that guy...

So why exactly am I complaining? Actually the guy’s a pretty good player, but I’ve got to say that I AM SICK OF HIM!!! I’ll give one example that just happened today: after we had signed up, he asked me if I would like to play doubles, to train (or try, I think he said) a bit. I thought he just wanted to get used to playing together. So he went and asked the teacher in charge whether we could play doubles, and of course the teacher said yes, he even explained the rules to us briefly. And then, just when we were about to start playing, what do you think he did? Aaaaargh, I totally felt like killing him when he said that to me!!! And what did he say? Try guessing, you won’t get it, it was simply an ATROCITY, one of the worst ever! He turned to me and said “don’t worry, you’ll learn quickly” (I’m not sure whether he said the “don’t worry”, but it was in his tone...) I was like, WHAT?! HEY, I KNOW HOW TO PLAY, YOU FOOL!!! YOU DIDN’T EVEN ASK ME, YOU JUST ASSUMED THAT I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO PLAY? YOU THINK YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME? Hey, the two guys who were opposite us needed his words more than I did! And that’s not the first time he’s done something like that...he’s done it so many times before, in different things, I was already sick of him, and now I’m stuck with him for a partner!!! :((

Another thing is that he likes to comment when we’re playing... Look here, I know he’s a better player, and I’m sure he can give pretty good advice sometimes, but it’s the way he gives it that gets on my nerves! He sounds sooo condescending! And here’s something (for those who have played ping pong with me you’ll understand...): I can smash. I really can. I might not succeed every time (who does?) and sometimes my smashes aren’t that good, but I CAN smash and sometimes I do some really good ones. But when I do a good smash (or even a mediocre) this guy just goes “gooooood!” as if I had done something really really good for my level. As I said, it’s not what he says that’s the problem, it’s how he says it! The way he says it is just like “hey, I can’t believe you actually did that, I would never have thought you capable” or even “oh, I’m so proud of you!” (argh, like I care what you think). I don’t care if it sounds conceited but it’s true: I’ve done hundreds (maybe even thousands) of good smashes before, it’s one of my strongest points, all I need is a good chance. (I admit that I’ve done a lot of bad smashes as well :P) So don’t come telling me “gooooood!” when I know it already, and especially when I’ve done much better!!

To be fair, he’s an okay guy, he just gets on my nerves (there are a lot of other instances...this isn’t all...I wish it were :/ ) If someone thinks he’s great, it doesn’t bother me that much, it’s when people look down to others (me, for example) that I FEEL SICK! Ugh...*gone to barf*