Stuck for a word to describe yourself, your feelings, your views, your way of being? You may not know it, but the word you are currently looking for has been found. It was me who found it. Not just the other day. Some time ago, but like many things, it sort of comes along and then goes away. I am not sure it has ever been hashtagged much either, not that hashtagging is so much of a thing any more. Those early days of Twitter? Good times. Then it all went a bit dumper truck. I closed my account.
This particular word has been around for a while though, hidden in plain sight - as “they” like to say. I just don’t use it often enough. Neither do you. Something to do with the actual word maybe, or how things really are. Getting your tongue around it or fitting it into a sentence is tough. Not one for a sharpshooter mouth. I have no idea how this situation came to be either. Probably a common enough experience, but I have done little or no research in support of anything I’m saying here. I just have not had the time or inclination. I have been busy with other things that, to be honest, I cannot quite recall in any great detail. Time passed as it does. Then the penny dropped and so I wrote a casual para or two. You just read them.
So what is this word then?
Here is what it means:
The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and hate, towards a person, object, or idea.
Uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow.
Mixed feelings or emotions; uncertainty or vacillation in making a choice.
The word you are looking for is, of course, ambivalence.
There. You can thank me later.
Free for all at the point of use. Try it today. Or tomorrow.
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