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Tiger Lily wrote:
> On 1/2/2012 9:48 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Tiger Lily" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 1/2/2012 6:21 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>>>> IDGAF, lol, I like that one. Day for acronyms!
>>>
>>> grin, an Aussie friend of mine taught me that acronym
>>>
>>>> Reactions to other
>>>> people's words come in all shapes and sizes. Some people take
>>>> words to heart, I tend to take most things as being water off a
>>>> duck's back. But you will know if something ever hits that rare
>>>> raw nerve of mine
>>>
>>> You could say you pretty much know exactly where you stand with me
>>> at any given time......... i'm pretty open and direct......... or
>>> is that brutally honest.... fine line there LOL

>>
>> I think frankness between friends is good. I would tell you if your
>> butt looked too big in that pair of pants (if you asked...)
>>
>>>> I believe a raw nerve for me has only been hit twice in all my
>>>> years in usenet. One was about Jasmine many years ago and the
>>>> other more recent. FWIW I see you as being frustrated not angry.
>>>
>>> yup, total frustration, not angry, but totally frustrated and
>>> well.... why do i bang my head against the wall?? it feels so good
>>> when i stop! LOL
>>>
>>> and ya, i can be patient as a saint and i can have a fuse that's 5
>>> seconds...... i never know when it will be the 5 second fuse (well,
>>> i have a pretty good idea, but, i'm not telling........ and i know
>>> you know what will cause me to have a 5 sec fuse) LOL
>>>
>>> kate (frustrated, for the record)

>>
>> I fully understand you being frustrated but there is a always a but.
>> Here's how I see this whole Julie and help thing:
>>
>> How many times must a person say they don't want help before everyone
>> else takes her request on board? I think a lot of frustration could
>> be avoided if all of us (me included) respected her wishes not to
>> receive help unless she asks for it. How many times would it take a
>> person receiving unsolicited advice (after repeatedly asking people
>> not to) before that person becomes frustrated, angry or any other
>> emotion? I quite frankly would have spat the dummy years ago if it
>> were me. I am sure we all have something in our lives, past or present,
>> where
>> we have requested others not to do something. We have expectations of
>> having our wishes respected. Susan for example had a major spit at
>> having her posts being archived in other people's posts and having
>> one of my posts shown in all its glory for her to see because I am
>> killfiled. Point taken.
>>
>> Robert obviously didn't know the ramifications of posting (or was it
>> referring to) Wendy's post in a message with the subject "Julie". I'd
>> say by now he probably does Wendy didn't refer to any specific
>> person.

>
> yup, you said it Jan
>
> however......... lol.......... what do you do then?????
>
> i've set the filters to mark as read......... that way i can look but
> it reminds me 'don't say anything, she doesn't want any help'
>
> having said that, i think it's attention that she wants, as she will
> spit the dummy if she doesn't get attention for her rants as well
>
> i just see a very sad/lonely/impossible to make happy person..... and
> that's sad as there are so many people who have tried to help
> (including YOU!)
>
> oh well, give it a rest and maybe read again later
>
> kate


What? Sad? Lonely? I don't think so! And why would anyone here want to
make me happy? I don't come here to be happy! This to me isn't a very
happy place.