Do they ever get it?

[teresafannin]

DCL is a class act, I have to agree with that. I can also understand the sister thing. I have two sisters, both younger than I am. My youngest sister is my best friend, we are so much alike,it scares the rest of the family sometimes, we talk the same, use the same mannerisms, etc. People used to think we were twins. Our other sister is so different, if you met the 3 of us, you would never know that we are related. She has her set of rules & unfortunately, our parents played favorites when we were younger & she was the princess of the family. It took us leaving home, getting married & having children before we could at least be friends. Life is too short to spend time worrying about the things you can't change.

 

[Golden]

oh Laurel, just read all the above; am sitting down now to give you the BIGGEST hug hon.

My own sister - illegitimate (which was a big thing in the 1950s; my Dad took her on as his own and to his credit has always loved and supported her); our parents divorced; mother then married a fellow alcholic, who abused sister, brother and me but her mainly ... she's now 40 something, still pretty as hell, blissfully married to a guy she met as a teen, head librarian at an independent school - having failed all her own exams at school - and she's pretty damn perfect; for your sis there is no excuse for her behaviour, only reasons .... and for your own sake if/when you need to let her go, then you must.

 

[Alyrahh]

I've thought about registering as someone new, with a sexier name, a gushy personality to go with it, just to see if I could garner a herd of horny males and to see if I could be one of the popular girls. But I think that my true colors would come through eventually, and I wouldn't prove anything except that I am me. So, I've never re-registered.

Kate
I was so shocked when I read that paragraph. You are the epitome of class, sex appeal, and intelligence. As a matter of fact, please allow me to tell a little story here, and I hope this doesn't in any way embarass or irritate you. I'm telling this in complete honesty.

The very day I happened upon this site (by accident even, imaging the luck!)I read the very first story in the long list of stories I've now read. It just so happens that first story for me was "Hostile Takeover" By Whispersecret. Upon finishing it, I immediately printed it off and gave the hard copy to my best friend to read, telling her how impressive the writing and style of the author was. She, of course, agreed.

A few months later I found the BB, and again, the first post I read was a post by Whispersecret on the Authors board. I sought out that post on purpose because I was intrigued by the woman behind that writing. Inside the post I found an empathetic, extemely intelligent, gentle natured woman whom I developed an immense amount of respect for.

It wasn't until semi-recently that I had any kind of "personal" contact with her, and I certainly wasn't disappointed. I found her to be witty, charming, and very down to earth.

I think, what I'm trying to say is; I am so very happy that your true colors show through. The colors are brilliant, vibrant, and bring life to an otherwise drab world. It's women like you who expel generalizations like, women can't have both brains and beauty.

Perhaps you don't "garner" hoards of horny men, I don't know. But, you certainly garner hoards of respect. If I could re-register with a new name and personality, I'd want to be you.

 

[Whispersecret]

Alyrahh, wow. Just wow. Thank you very much. <blinks back tears> That was so sweet and so out of the blue.

I suppose that it's human nature to see the greener grass. I should be more grateful for the strengths that I have, instead of dwelling on that which probably wouldn't suit me anyway. I would have to do some serious acting to pull off being one of the women here to can tweak their pinky fingers and have all the men drooling. And I'd better stop talking now before I offend someone.

On topic, I hope that maybe there are a couple of reregister fanatics who will eventually get it. I suppose, if that was the case, we're sort of like free group therapy for them. Heh heh. Thanks for the replies.