Humor As A Defense Mechanism -- Why?

[Medusa]

I prefer the light touch. If we took things less seriously, I feel we'd all be better off. Humor has gotten me through many a tough time and even at the funeral home during calling hours of my father, I saw his friends laughing and joking w/each other. I considered it a positive testimony to my dad and to being human. We're a strong, resilient species if we allow ourselves to be and being serious certainly doesn't lend to that. I'll take humor any day, no matter what the circumstances, and if it offends me, I'll do some inner work to discover why, rather than wonder why others don't react the way I expected.

[Edwina's Secretary]

The classic tv sitcom...The Mary Tyler Moore Show...when Chuckles the Clown died....speaks to humor as a coping mechanism.

[Catty1]

Not to mention that a great number of top comedians, past and present, grew up in bad surroundings, and their humour was a saving grace for them - and became a career! (just don't marry one...)

[Medusa]

(just don't marry one...)

My son would agree w/you on that one.

[Catty1]

Hee, hee - Mary, he's too young for me - or I'm too old for him - or something!

From what you have said, he has a professional attitude. Some....don't! (I'm sure you have heard some stories from him... )

[Medusa]

Oh, of course. He knows that all comics have their angst, which is what makes some of them so funny. But he's on the road so much that every woman he's ever dated has started out saying that it wouldn't bother her but it always has. Understandable. My ex-husband traveled a lot in his line of work and it definitely contributed to the demise of our marriage.