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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: greenspirit who wrote (76372)	3/27/2000 4:34:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I didn't say you didn't have a right to do it, did I? I think I merely said it was silly to try to psychoanalyze people via their net persona. I couldn't be sure she was saying you were a child molester- but it sounded enough like that that I decided to say what I said, which I thought was clear but might not have been. I would probably be much more cruel to someone who said that about me- but it would be up front cruelty, it wouldn't be cruelty disguised in the form of an attempt to "understand" or help the person. I am cruel some times and I know I am- sometimes I even regret it. And I'll even admit that. I can't tell you how I'd respond if someone said something like that to me. Ish once said that I wrote one of the sickest things he'd ever read- as I recall I took that pretty well because I thought he was nuts. I suppose I'd take any crack about me being a child molester the same way- it is so far out. Now insults closer to the truth are always harder to deal with (and I am not saying this insult was close to the truth for you- do NOT infer that- I am saying it wouldn't have any meanign for ME). Christine and I once had a huge fight because she said I was a bad mother- EVERY mother has doubts about herself and I feel now that part of the reason I got so mad at Christine was that her comment played into my own doubts. I have no doubts about whether or not I abuse my children. I know I don't. But I can't say for SURE what I would do if someone said I did because no one has ever said that to me (that I can recall).