Arrogance.

[gerrerd]

Maybe with more confidence and mind control, we become more arrogant. If I carry on posting and affend or upset you please tell me! Bring it to my attention so I can be aware of my insensitivity at times. This would be better for me than being reported to administration.Ray

[misslillie]

Sounds fair enough to me. I look forward to your posts

[Focusedmind]

I also think that is fair. Much better to be direct with someone and sort it out person-to- person than to report someone else.

[gerrerd in reply to Focusedmind]

True.

[LifeIsThePitts]

I'm positive your intention was not malicious in nature. Our context is flat in the way we communicate online. It's words on a screen. There's no body language to read or voice inflection to discern tone or emotion or delivery of message like in real time person to person conversation. Whatever happened in this exchange, Im sure was a misunderstanding. I read your profile and look forward to your daily affirmations. You're a kind soul, Ray. You belong here.❣️🫂

[gerrerd in reply to LifeIsThePitts]

Thank you.💖

[SayNOtoPanic]

well said 👍🏻🪴and a lot of ur posts are motivating.

[primrose81]

I am so saddened by the way things seem to be - no, are- unravelling. For you to be treated this way after doing so much for this forum, posting every day for goodness’ sake, cheering us up with your posts, brightening each day with your positivity. And then for the big guns to come in all guns blazing( clearly they believe in Scorched Earth policy) and to say you have had the first 2 strikes and threaten to ban you if there is a 3rd - seriously??? after all the good you have done and vast number of people you have helped?? To my mind that is very shoddy treatment…

Now I am still not entirely sure what is going on and I’m not sure I want to…I know though that somebody who posted something in all innocence which turned out to be false information then took it personally and sigh brought in the aforementioned big guns. This was not necessary and just added further fuel to the fire. But somebody was hurt and lashed out and to be honest don’t we all tend to do that when we are hurting? And don’t we all make mistakes and say things we shouldn’t in the heat of the moment? I’m certainly guilty of putting my foot in it time after time. As I am probably doing now oh dear. Len Goodman the ex-Strictly judge who sadly died earlier this week famously said »Say it as you see it. Be yourself » but…I would add a « Tread lightly » to that.

Now don’t want to sound trite but Men are from Mars etc. Nowhere as much as my own marriage is proof of this. My husband is devastatingly logical and often states things um very baldly, then I take it personally, withdraw from situation and cry. I tend to come back the next day or so and say » I was very upset yesterday because you… » whereupon my long suffering husband yells in frustration » But I didn’t mean it like that! » I May be wrong but was this what has happened recently on the forum?

All of us on this forum have suffered/are suffering more than so-called « normal » people but surely this should unite us and not divide us.

So glad to hear this morning on early news that Dame Floella Benjamin will be taking part in upcoming coronation ceremony « to embrace diversity and encourage inclusiveness ». Administration please take note…

[gerrerd in reply to primrose81]

Thanks very much appreciated ❤️

[Lali2018]

💕💕❤️

[gerrerd in reply to Lali2018]

Thank you my darling 💖