You know, I hope to God Pedro Picasso doesn't read this when lurking here, because it might be too psychologically disturbing for him, to see the real facts.
It's obvious all these close family and friends lied to him from the beginning, about voting for 0bama, simply to placate him, to calm him down.
I know whereof I speak, being like Pedro Picasso a younger son myself.
For whatever reasons, obvious and unobvious, Pedro Picasso is looked upon by those older and wiser than him, or older than him, or wiser than him, as perhaps somewhat excitable, or immature, or "off."
It's just a great deal easier to assure him by lying to him, just to shut him up, rather than trying to get tangled up in his insecurities, ignorance, and ego.
It's actually an indication of contempt, as if Pedro Picasso were their village idiot.
Now, one sympathizes with Pedro Picasso, but one can't do a damned thing about how others react to one; one can only do something about how one reacts to others.
If I were Pedro Picasso, I would ask myself, "What do I do that causes these people to be patronizing, condescending, lying, to me?" and then go from there.
I'm sure that Buddhism, Pedro Picasso's fad of choice, has something to say about this, and suggest that Pedro Picasso look into it, but of course Pedro Picasso has never paid a damned bit of attention to advice rendered by his fellow soulmate franksolich.
It gets exasperating, trying to deal with people like us.
