Typically, being happy non-stop is a defensive mechanism to cover up something going on that you do not want others to know about. On a lesser scale, people who laugh in awkward situations or times when they don't want to answer a question. People like that I have no qualms with. If anything, I'd like to help them out if possible.
But there is another version of this that is quite trying at times, and that is people who are overly optimistic. No matter what you tell such a person, it doesn't seem to phase their optimistic view of everything. People in this category typically get burned all the time and are easily exploited by others. For example, I knew someone at college who would always say "Well it was only a dollar!" when he purchased something from the grocery store. This seems fine and all since spending a dollar for something can be a good deal. There are two problems with this though. There are plenty of items that cost less than a dollar and you can be overpaying. He was getting the generic brand of things for a dollar and I could get the name-brand from somewhere else for less. The second problem is he was often getting poor quality food and justified it by how much it cost. Buying bread that expires today and calling it a good deal is mixed signals in my book... Especially if you don't plan on eating it today.
So anyway, if you're happy I'm fine with that. If you're overly optimistic when I tell you your parents were brutally murdered, I have to start wondering if you have a screw loose.
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