the laugh laugh laugh addict

I prefer radio more than TV. Just love listening to music because it calms a wounded  heart and heals a bad mood. I also love listening to radio shows. They are inspiring and enlightening. That's why I was so overwhelmed when offered a volunteer hosting slot in a local FM radio. I've been doing it for 3 years. Right now, I  have a show once in a week with religious co-hosts. We admit that we have ups and downs. We started so well. We gained lots of listeners. We have many promos and prizes. But sometimes, we couldn't attend to our show because we are all busy in our respective work. We usually receive 30 plus messages during our show, which overwhelms us. We also receive positive and negative comments. We all treasure those things. The usual comment we receive is that, we are laughing most of the time. Some would say that it sounds annoying and irritating over the radio. We noted that. Personally, I control my laughter and would just smile or bite my lips or would just turn away from the microphone so that I will not be heard when I'm laughing. Truly, we accept our mistake. We are just joyful persons and we enjoy each other's company.

However, I couldn't believe that I will be one of those people who finds laughing on air annoying. I really thought it is cool all the time, but it is not because to be laughed at is such an irritating and embarrassing experience, especially if it's done on air. I have been experiencing this for a lot of times but I just ignore it. However, I guess, my patience vanished that time. I was sharing something eagerly and the person who is inside the booth but not part of our show, started laughing so I stopped talking. I thought that something was wrong with my microphone. But I was wrong.She was laughing over my manner of talking and my co-hosts also asked me something like in a way of a joke. So I wrinkled because I couldn't accept that I sound mad while sharing, just like what they said. For me, I was just talking naturally, I wasn't even cracking jokes that's why I was shocked that they burst out laughing. Then, I just kept quiet. I didn't want to make a big deal out of it because I'm used to that kind of atmosphere but I realize that it was a form of disrespect. It's like I'm inside the classroom and my classmates were laughing at me while I'm called during a recitation. It is such a bad feeling. If to them, it is just a so-so ordinary laughter, well, for me, they should refrain from doing so because it's not really good to be laughed at without a valid reason. We can play jokes but if someone is serious of sharing ideas and the like, we should listen and smile if we want, but don't laugh. 

I am not angry, I'm just upset because we are all grownups. We should act like grownups too. Laughing is the best way to ease emotional pain but we should laugh only in the right time and place for the right reason. We are not crazy. We are not stupid. Yes, live, love and laugh but know our limits.