Reply #9: I am so relieved [View All]

[TayTay]

It is almost impossible to have a conversation like this on line (well, for me.) There are interactions, facial expressions, body language that you pick up with people face to face that are not possible in just written text. Some things get emphasized that weren't the ones you wanted and it is easy to take away the wrong items for emotional perusal. My apologies if I suggested anything untoward or incorrect. Again, sigh, I missed the nuances of what you were trying to actually say and may have substituted my own inferences. In my own defense, I have had a few people close to me killed in preventable accidents, so it is a moral imperative for me to speak up when I think it might be warranted. I could not do otherwise and live with myself.

I also have insensitive friends and relatives. Self-righteousness doesn't really look good on anyone, least of all people we think of as potentially supportive for us. Don't let the bastards get you down. They don't define you, you define you. You know your own value and worth so don't let one idiotic remark destroy what you spent a lifetime building up. And take care and be well.