Re: Emails and the way they are interpertated..............

[Guest guest]

Very nicely said . Sometimes my delete key is the most used key on

my keyboard.

-- Emails and the way they are interpertated..

............

Hello,

Just felt I needed to add my 2 cents here. Take it or leave it, it's up to

you. <gentle smile>

I've been in this group a very short time ( a little more than a month now )

All I've seen is kindness and support. But when dealing with others online

thru words alone, it can be easy to " take things the wrong way " . In emails,

there are no faces to " read " no body language to " read " . Just words. And

they can be a powerful thing!

And altho the person sending the emails may mean well, it solely rests on

the people reading the emails to interperte the way it was meant.

I'm not sure what to say, other than if an email upset you, do what I've

done in the past..... save the letter, go onto something else then later

when your emotions have had a chance to " cool " re-read it, see if you " see "

it in a different light. I've done that and realized I either read it wrong

or misunderstood.

I hope this eases a few ruffled feathers...... and this email was written

with kindness and sisterly love. <gentle hug>

Hugs,

Re: Made it!

Ok what I was told by the dietician in the hospital was that I

should make my drink and store it in the refigerator. I should be

sipping on this between meals all day long. I do not drink it all

at once. The drink is also taking up almost 1/2 of my fluid intake

as well. I came here to ask a question though Colleen, and if you

don't know the answer then don't reply! Telling me you don't know

where the protein is doesn't help me. The dieticians told me to do

this for a purpose!

Sorry for the venting but I am dealing with methylene blue hair at

the moment. I have light golden blond hair and now it is abut 1/3

blue! I am SO upset and so every little thing sets me off. I just

wanted answer to my question. I didn't come for jabs.

[Guest guest]

,

Good thoughts... I've actually went to a seminar on this very

subject. In a nutshell, socially we may feel it necessary to watch

our Ps & Qs in order not to hurt anyone and most of us strive to be PC

(politically correct). However, there are those time in our lives

when we read and interpret things based on our current situations

and sometimes write something that is totally misconstured as

negative or confrontational by someone else.

In a forum such as this, we have to recognize that there are

probably more than 10,000 people that stop in here and read or type

their thoughts and opinions. While most are just an opinion of

someone who has a different feeling or experience than ourselves, we

shouldn't necessarily take their opinion as criticism(sp?). In this

venue, very few of us know one another in a personal way. Even

though we've shared some deep feelings and asked for advice, we have

to realize that we open ourselves to public opinion, whether we like

it or not.

I would say that probably 95% of the messages that I have read in

this group are positive and up lifting. The remain 5% vary in degree

of support or non-support, even rudeness. But again, that is a rare

instance from my perspective. Maybe its due to all of the negative

comments and looks that we have recieved through our days as obese

people that we take some comments as criticism.

Opinions are free for the asking, knowledge is divine and usually

comes with price.

-Ray

> Hello,

>

> Just felt I needed to add my 2 cents here. Take it or leave it,

it's up to you. <gentle smile>...