Posted by Gabbix2 on March 15, 2006, at 20:53:34
In reply to Re: Why did ED_UK Get Blocked? » gardenergirl, posted by Jakeman on March 15, 2006, at 19:51:53
No, that's one hoop that trips up many, many for a long long time ; )
For instance, if that were an okay "I" statement, then it mean it would also be okay to say "I think you are stupid"
"I feel you're an idiot"An *I* statement according to the rules of the site, means you describe how you felt about what was said.
"I felt, hurt, slighted, insulted"
Instead of
"I think you are rude, or a jerk"That's really hard, because sometimes it's not the truth.
Sometimes someone is purposely trying to get your goat, and you're allowed to say "I feel hurt by that"
But often you're not hurt, you're just really bugged.
But you could say "That really annoys me"
or "I'm really disgusted by that"As long as you don't say "That was disgusting"
I hope I described that okay.
They aren't really as limiting as it might seem at first.
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