Really? This Offended You?

[Shawnee123]

Grav, I know this means little coming from me (the one who's "depresseder" than anyone else) but I can tell you that I think I've felt similar to how you're feeling right now.

I've been where I think the whole place is plotting against me. I think that I'm all alone, and I interpret everything as an affront to me.

In retrospect, I've been able to see what is on "me" and what is just "we're all different." Who knows, next week I could be totally pissed off again, but as of late I've been better able to realize that not everyone is going to agree with me or like my style (you can imagine my disbelief when I realized "WHAT? Not everyone on earth likes me? WTF?)

I think people have been really straight on with you about getting the heck over it and moving on. I think that people have maybe held back a little with me when I've gone over the top. I don't know if that's a guy/girl sensitivity, or something else. It's possible that because I've shown that beneath all the tough talk is a sensitive person: I wear my heart on my sleeve so it's all pretty much out there.

If I can play devil's advocate for a moment, maybe your PMer had a point: women have a lot more to offer than just ass and boobies. By extension, you have a lot more to offer than showing your grand appreciation of ass and boobies. You've often cracked me up. You've made me smile...I still think about your pics of the birdie in your yard. I've railed against getting attention because of what we look like. The Cellar, unlike most other forums, and I've dated other forums, places great emphasis on personality. We don't have crazy moving avatars or entire pages devoted to the latest hot naked chick. Because we're so much more than that. I think you're more than that.

So, please get to taking pictures of the birdies in your yard. It's almost spring. I'm not advocating that nekkidness go away...just remember that the dwellars are, or have, wives and mothers and sisters and daughters and aunts.

The whole "why does this offend but that doesn't" is a fair question. Frankly, I wouldn't give you 20 cents for those sorts of pics of anyone. Sheldon, too, has much more to offer. I don't get it, but some do...so there's that difference. But a constant barrage when, again, you've offered much more...well, it's tiresome. I can click beyond those posts, just as I click the stupid word association thread to get it off my "new posts" lists, but it doesn't hurt to be mindful of a large percentage of what you post.

Me, I'll go back to attempting to be funny.