GeorgiaXplant
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I'm a long-time member of another forum. After a while, it's a piece of cake to identify who the OP is by only reading the header...one who complains incessantly on any subject, one who only posts to announce their new net worth, one who posts to tell us all how much work was accomplished on any given day, another who insists she/her DH know better how to raise their grandchildren than their parents do and just refuses to butt out, an OP who asks for advice on almost a daily basis, then gives a laundry list of why none of the advice can work. There are a couple who have difficulty with decisions...their posts usually start with "what would you do?" or a variation thereof. (Reckon they take the best two out of three? three out of five? LOL) There is also an assortment of hypochondriacs, conspiracy theorists, bewildered parents of toddlers and teens, who, thank all that is holy, merely want to vent.
In spite of it all, they've been there for at least as many years as I have, and it seems as though they're people I know. And in spite of it all, no one ever responds by telling them to suck it up or that their approach is all cattywampus or that they don't know what they're doing or talking about, or even to suggest that they just give up and move on. What they get is whatever is an appropriate response: sympathy, congratulations, encouragement...
This must be what's called friendship...accepting people for what they are and not judging them. Wouldn't it be nice if we were all like this in RL?
In spite of it all, they've been there for at least as many years as I have, and it seems as though they're people I know. And in spite of it all, no one ever responds by telling them to suck it up or that their approach is all cattywampus or that they don't know what they're doing or talking about, or even to suggest that they just give up and move on. What they get is whatever is an appropriate response: sympathy, congratulations, encouragement...
This must be what's called friendship...accepting people for what they are and not judging them. Wouldn't it be nice if we were all like this in RL?