HDWife trying for happier life

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DQ:

I have largely stopped reading most of what you write (that frees me from responding to you in any direct way. I expect that feeling is mutual) because I, like SSMGuy, realize that once you've boxed someone up, you are not going to let them out of that box.

The sort of nastiness in your reply to SSMGuy is a good example of why I have chosen to remain silent....until now. It was over the top and was designed to push buttons (including some of your own). I see your apology and I can certainly allow for a bad day or some reaction to some other stimulus unrelated to what is really going on. This is not the first time and/or your are far more "edgy" than you realize.

Some obviously value your contribution (I wonder if they would feel that way after they drew your ire and you boxed them up) and none of us have access to "Brainstorm" machine that would allow us to experience life through another's eyes and POV. For many, if not most, that would make a huge difference if we could access such a machine. All we have are our words.

That you might wish or choose (or even threaten) to go silent may be a natural reaction to some frustration. Some of us have made that specific choice without a lot of drama. Stay or go, that choice is up to you AND might consider (as I have) that the frustration you are feeling here is but a mirror of yourself.

The Captain
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