I have a few frivolous, serious and philosophical opinions on the various topics posted on this thread. I will hold on to those for another time.

One of the cardinal rules in any relationship is that communication is sacred. When the communication becomes a debate and the rules change from rules of communication to rules of debate, the relationship factor gets lost. When you take the debate to a public forum such as this without both parties in agreement to take that step (and sometimes even if they do agree to take that step) someone is very likely going to get hurt. In the context of this thread, Sobe has some perfectly valid opinions in the context of their original discussion (argument). Aired here without that original context, we debate something else, and given the makeup (sic) of this forum that debate is lopsided.

SoBe's hurt is very rational and reasonable. The original (private) context of their discussion was lost to her. :frustrated:

Quote Originally Posted by Leah B View Post
I posted this thread after we had had an argument (bad idea, I know), and it wasn't fair to her to bring it here. My intention was to try to get her to understand where I was coming from on this issue