Personally, I like it much better when someone else does the decision making. That way you have legitimate grounds to whine and complain. I tend to find both whining and complaining quite interesting and amusing, though sometimes--unfortunately--it's hard to choose which one of the two I want to do. Sigh. LIfe can be so tough sometimes.
His eyes widened just a bit, his lips flexed. I realized he was trying not to laugh. I hate it when people find my threats amusing.
It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.
It's not by amusing oneself that one learns.
You live but once; you might as well be amusing.