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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 647321"><p>That's the very crux of it 99. This isn't a change going forward. In every post I ever wrote about my kids or spouse- said kid or spouse has been labeled difficult child, easy child or husband without my input or choice. I very often tell my children that they have been God's greatest blessing to me. I always tried to post respectfully about my family members even when I felt most challenged- and if my beloved albeit troublesome boy found my posts - I'd stand by them and my choice to refer to him as a gift from God 100%. Because I truly believe children are gods greatest gifts and no matter how difficult our situation is- he is above all a blessing to me. The term difficult child reminded me of that.</p><p></p><p>if he were to stumble across this site now and read my thousands of back posts referring to him a a "Difficult child" - he would be heartbroken and so would I. He would think "Difficult Child" to be the description I chose for him.</p><p></p><p>My posts sure- but not my originally written words. And I truly realize that the motive behind changing all these posts was altruistic and meant without harm, but having my heartfelt words changed in my name makes me uneasy. </p><p></p><p>These boards have been a blessing and a godsend to me and as such, I learned the lingo and played by the rules- eliminating personal details and substituting the chosen acronyms. A rolling change or perhaps banning the acronyms would have made more sense and sat more comfortably than the altering of posts, signatures and personal stories without even a heads up.</p><p></p><p>Again- I know it was not meant to harm or cause hurt or unrest and it was done with good intentions but I feel compromised.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 647321"] That's the very crux of it 99. This isn't a change going forward. In every post I ever wrote about my kids or spouse- said kid or spouse has been labeled difficult child, easy child or husband without my input or choice. I very often tell my children that they have been God's greatest blessing to me. I always tried to post respectfully about my family members even when I felt most challenged- and if my beloved albeit troublesome boy found my posts - I'd stand by them and my choice to refer to him as a gift from God 100%. Because I truly believe children are gods greatest gifts and no matter how difficult our situation is- he is above all a blessing to me. The term difficult child reminded me of that. if he were to stumble across this site now and read my thousands of back posts referring to him a a "Difficult child" - he would be heartbroken and so would I. He would think "Difficult Child" to be the description I chose for him. My posts sure- but not my originally written words. And I truly realize that the motive behind changing all these posts was altruistic and meant without harm, but having my heartfelt words changed in my name makes me uneasy. These boards have been a blessing and a godsend to me and as such, I learned the lingo and played by the rules- eliminating personal details and substituting the chosen acronyms. A rolling change or perhaps banning the acronyms would have made more sense and sat more comfortably than the altering of posts, signatures and personal stories without even a heads up. Again- I know it was not meant to harm or cause hurt or unrest and it was done with good intentions but I feel compromised. [/QUOTE]
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