Re: Re: Re: I Hate It When...
First - I knew the name of the song... just thought it'd be more fun to quote... LOL.... Although I couldn't remember until yesterday, when I heard it on the radio.
Okay, on to more important things... hmm...
I agree that here, on Lit, there are many places to safely "vent" and "verbalize." And, I surely hope others agree (otherwise I'd just seem like I'm running off at the mouth... LOL) Okay, so I'm glad you felt you could verbalize there. I also know that sometimes we say/post things that later we might not have wanted to - should see the flaming post I had one time on my pic thread. After I cooled down, had some space, I realized it's not something I wanted up - so I did delete it. I don't think you would be wrong at all in doing so. That's what the edit button is for on here. If you feel uncomfortable with what was being said.
And, I know that you didn't vent just to get sympathy, or whatnot. It was just a thing that needed to be said, and you needed a place to say it. That is human and perfectly acceptable. Hey, I'd even go so far as to encourage it. But, you do have to understand that, here on Lit, we are all kind of friends, and when a friend seems to be going through a rough time, we'll be here to encourage. Meaning - even though you are just venting - I want you to know that it's okay to just vent, and I'll be here to vent to any time I can. And, regardless of whether or not you wanted sympathy - well, people will give it anyway, usually. That's what friends are supposed to do, right?
I don't think you are too mushy.... life can just be, well, hell, sometimes. That's normal. Do what you wish with that post - we'll all understand....
bashfull said:Damn! wish I hadn't posted that. didn't mean to bring anyone down. and certainly not soliciting sympathy. I have been running too hard lately, with too little sleep and too much going on. Needed to verbalize. Problem, though is that I now have an ethical situation. I believe that if I post it, I accept consequences. Shouldn't delete unless harmfull to another. Well, this does not harm anyone but me (making friends feel blue, solicting sympathy, appearing too mushy). So, now I have verbalized. Do I then delete and thus violate the ethical standard to which I hold myself accountable? Or do I leave posted and falsely solict sympathy which should be given to those more in need?
Desparado is the name of the song. One of my favorites and one I listen to late in the evening in my office, when everyone else has left and I am contemplating my day.
First - I knew the name of the song... just thought it'd be more fun to quote... LOL.... Although I couldn't remember until yesterday, when I heard it on the radio.
Okay, on to more important things... hmm...
I agree that here, on Lit, there are many places to safely "vent" and "verbalize." And, I surely hope others agree (otherwise I'd just seem like I'm running off at the mouth... LOL) Okay, so I'm glad you felt you could verbalize there. I also know that sometimes we say/post things that later we might not have wanted to - should see the flaming post I had one time on my pic thread. After I cooled down, had some space, I realized it's not something I wanted up - so I did delete it. I don't think you would be wrong at all in doing so. That's what the edit button is for on here. If you feel uncomfortable with what was being said.
And, I know that you didn't vent just to get sympathy, or whatnot. It was just a thing that needed to be said, and you needed a place to say it. That is human and perfectly acceptable. Hey, I'd even go so far as to encourage it. But, you do have to understand that, here on Lit, we are all kind of friends, and when a friend seems to be going through a rough time, we'll be here to encourage. Meaning - even though you are just venting - I want you to know that it's okay to just vent, and I'll be here to vent to any time I can. And, regardless of whether or not you wanted sympathy - well, people will give it anyway, usually. That's what friends are supposed to do, right?
I don't think you are too mushy.... life can just be, well, hell, sometimes. That's normal. Do what you wish with that post - we'll all understand....
