Posted by Racer on June 10, 2007, at 10:17:17
In reply to Re: racer, posted by rjlockhart on June 10, 2007, at 1:46:33
Matthew, I don't get the feeling that you're hearing what I'm saying. Let me try this again.
Here's a question for you. Please just answer the question, rather than reacting to it:
Do you think that I have never come into contact with the sort of person you're describing?
Guess what! I've come into contact with this sort of person. So has nearly everyone on this board. I'd bet nearly everyone over the age of 18 in this country has come into contact with this sort of person.
And we still have the choice of not reacting to them. That's what we learn, if we're lucky or if we're smart: how to make the choice not to react to them. Not to feel bad at what they say to us.
That's a choice you can make, to learn new ways to repond to her. But it's your choice. So is continuing to react the way you do now. That's also a choice, and you have the right to make it.
But no one can "make" you feel anything.
poster:Racer
thread:762104
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