Actually, the minute postings thread in the coffeeshop was my inspiration for this thread. I COULD feel your pain, so much I was starting to hurt, but instead of talking about your feelings, you guys went on and on about horses, gardening, nurses and doctors, cats and their asthma medications, etc. I think you did that because it's uncomfortable to talk about feelings, but I bet you might feel better if you tried.
I wouldn't be of much help about comma splices, which are just comma faults, which I assume would be mistakenly placed commas. I went to college in California, where we all do our own thing, so there were no strict rules about comma placement. I have actually been accused of using too many commas. I think you should just use them naturally wherever you pause in a sentence. With only three brain cells left it's hard to remember what I just was thinking about, so probably there are too many in my writing style.
But what you're really talking about is the humiliation, the damage to self esteem, so many of us experienced in school, or because we had cruel or thoughtless parents, and that hurts a lot. Maybe if you said just how little and powerless you felt then, you could start to heal. I hope so!
Yes, I am on the GOOFI thread, but it's a long story. I was kidnapped by Maurice Winn from the Loral thread (a supportive, gentle thread if there ever was one). Having been through that rough experiece, I can suggest that sometimes it's just better to surrender, to let it happen. I feel surprisingly comfortable over there with the GOOFI's--they are really nice people and are looking for a few good souls with a good sense of humor to join them, I think. (Jeng, you might like it there!) But don't take me too seriously--I feel safe everywhere Maurice Winn is (except the Qaulcomm thread). So I guess I am pretty totally twisted! Maybe that's why I am trying hard here to talk about my feelings--it's very good therapy. I think therapy is basically a wonderful tool for self discovery!
Christine |
