I recently had a falling out over a comment by a third party that I was "rude" when I responded to someone that their version of a marriage was not a marriage to me.
I do not ascribe to the adage "if you have noting nice to say, say nothing at all." Rather, my mantra is something like, "tell it like it is." So, Is it the collective belief that we are here only to praise each other? Blow sunshine up our skirts? Is constructive criticism unwelcome?