
Originally Posted by
She_n_Jaybee
You're right Jersey1979, I was unnecessarily harsh. To paraphrase, I should live by the maxim "If you can't write anything nice about someone, don't write anything at all", Ishould have either have told you how great your experience was, or very gingerly made suggestions to avoid the risk of hurting your feelings. While still inexcusable, I will give 3 reasons why I responded as harshly.
1. I've been in Mike's shoes. In my case only the woman was involved twice, the woman & another man the first time. First time hurt some, 2nd hurt a lot, 3rd time nearly destroyed me. She was worst, I gave her everything, emotionally, I had to give, we'd lived together for 3 months, she left and gave me back to shattered pieces of my heart one at a time over the next several months. If I were to see her again, I can't say whether I'd kill her, ignore her, or throw everything away to be with her again.
2. On Dec 24, 1985 A very good friend (and a much better person than I) hung himself in his garage. His wife and his best friend had played a very similar game on him. One month before he had come to me asking for help, advice anything I could do to help him deal with the pain. I laughed it off, and still carry a bit of guilt to this day.
3. I have a tendency to "call 'em like I see 'em". If something appears wrong to me, I blurt it out ("The Emperor has no clothes!"), I don't consider the messenger, only the message, and reply based on what is written and how it is written. This is probably because I will not say something online that I wouldn't feel comfortable saying in person in the same situation. And I hold no personal secrets sacred. I tell the bad I've done along with the good. My failures and successes get equal attention. If we were coworkers and you told me this experience I would have either said "yeah, I read that story last week" or "Man, you are seriously fucking up. What if this guy finds out that you two are playing him and flips? What are you going do when he puts a bullet in both your heads?".
The rest of this community isn't like me. Many will give you warm fuzzies no matter what you say or do, most of the others will be nice enough to not criticize, or to at least be very gentle when they do.