The perfect speech:
1/2 the people thought it was too long.
1/2 the people thought it was too short.
1/2 the people thought you went into too much detail.
1/2 the people thought you went into too little detail.
LeBron James donated $42,000,000 to send poor kids to college, and people still hate him.
You have to make your best decisions in life and do what you think is right. Morphing yourself to get the approval of others is a losing game.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. -Winston Churchill
Don't tell me how to live!
Well how about you look at what LiterateHiker says. And by the way good luck with meeting anyone at all.
I have noticed men say that. "This is how I am; take it or leave it."
Have only met one women who said that. She likes to play victim.
It may be a matter of perspective, but I've heard that more often from women. Personally, the only time I said, "This is I am; it won't change." I was talking to woman who said that I cared more about my kids than I did her. Of course, she was right.