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I feel such a failure. Can we please talk?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 248464"><p>Ester...I thought your post was really lovely and its one that I will think about for awhile.</p><p> </p><p>I think what bothered many here about the other thread was two-fold. One was that she was exhibiting some of the same behaviors as her son. The other was that there were little, if any, signs of improvement...even though she was asking for help. By improvement, I'm not talking about the way her son thinks/acts...I'm talking about her own attitude and behaviors.</p><p> </p><p>Re: the smoking, etc. </p><p>I can't help but think about the times in my life I have given advice when no advice was asked for. It's pretentious...and can be unkind.</p><p> </p><p>Over the years, I have had some issues with tone of some of the responses at this site and feel even more strongly about it here at PE. I see no problem with honesty (and in fact encourage it), but I do see a problem with sarcasm, unkindness, anger, etc. I think that is not called for and if a person finds themselves angry, it is probably best to either keep it very short and factual or not post a reply at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 248464"] Ester...I thought your post was really lovely and its one that I will think about for awhile. I think what bothered many here about the other thread was two-fold. One was that she was exhibiting some of the same behaviors as her son. The other was that there were little, if any, signs of improvement...even though she was asking for help. By improvement, I'm not talking about the way her son thinks/acts...I'm talking about her own attitude and behaviors. Re: the smoking, etc. I can't help but think about the times in my life I have given advice when no advice was asked for. It's pretentious...and can be unkind. Over the years, I have had some issues with tone of some of the responses at this site and feel even more strongly about it here at PE. I see no problem with honesty (and in fact encourage it), but I do see a problem with sarcasm, unkindness, anger, etc. I think that is not called for and if a person finds themselves angry, it is probably best to either keep it very short and factual or not post a reply at all. [/QUOTE]
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