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motopoet - > MARK'S WORLD -> I just don't get it
I just don't get it

I just don't get it. I don't understand mean people. It is just too easy to be friendly and fun, entertaining and cordial. I won't say that I never argue or jump down someone's throat when it is called for, but I am, in essence, a pretty nice guy. I enjoy people. I enjoy making them comfortable in my presence and I like to make people laugh. When you are my close family or true friend there is nothing I possess that you cannot have if you need it, and some of my friends and I disagree vehemently in some areas but are able to rise above that where our friendship is concerned. The same goes for family. I have been married three times and involved in one long term relationship, and with the exception of wife #2, I get along well with them all. Just because things don't work out the way we thought they would is no reason to harbor ill will, so I don't.

Recent posts on this board became extremely personal and vile, and for the first time, I reported a violation. I think everyone knows to what I speak. As I sit here wondering what possesses some people to just plain be mean, I wonder if I have ever sounded that way. I really hope not. I don't dislike anyone on this site and hold no grudges no matter what we have argued about in the past.

I argue on this site regularly with many of you folks, but I have always enjoyed meeting and speaking with all those who have attended the meet n greets no matter how we have gone at it in the past. Randomfactor and I are regular nemisis' here on Bako blog, but I know him to be friendly and a man of his word. I may disagree with most of what he has to say, but I respect him in anycase and that is only one example.

I cannot imagine being mean for the sake of argument to anyone here, and if I ever come off like that I sincerely hope someone on the site calls me on it. I may be sarcastic and cocky, but I strive never to be rude. It is simply uncalled for.

This is not a forum to air personal vendettas, grudges and fights. There have been instances where parties involved in divorces have used this forum to air their dirty laundry, and it really got under my skin. If you have something you want to say to someone involving personal matters, say it to their face or shut the hell up. I am afraid of no one, but even that doesn't mean I am going to get in the face of everyone with whom I have a personal issue. I have learned over time that just ignoring some people is the best way to deal with them. If they wish to allow me to live, rent free, in their heads, that is their problem and I refuse to allow it to become mine.

 

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posted by motopoet on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 09:06 PM
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posted by CatherineBaker on May 21, 2008 at 02:10 PM

It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas...at my mother-in-law's house.

posted by NancyII on May 21, 2008 at 02:32 PM

Uhhhhh Cat, you lost me.

posted by Tiffanilynn on May 21, 2008 at 02:36 PM

 Timec - you may have been referring to me, in the part about being nice one blog and mean the next, and i do belive we have had many heated discussions about lil gangsters that get shot and killed, but that is my opinion.

But, you have to remember this is a blog, people will state their opinion, and whethere its nice or not, its still an opinion. And from what I have seen, you will fight if someone doesnt agree with your opinion.

As far as racist, that i am not, so im not going to even write about that.

PS.. enough about the racist remarks. its not needed, and Audrey isnt racist, she hates every color equally :-) , so if that makes her racist, shoot then me too!

posted by CatherineBaker on May 21, 2008 at 02:37 PM

Excerpt from Christmas at in-laws:

"Shut up, Janet!  You weren't even there!"

"At least I'm not supporting an alcoholic!"

"Pam, leave her alone."

"Well, at least I don't have six felony warrants, Soraya!"

"You've never liked Mike!  How many baby daddies do you have, Kim?"

ETC

posted by CatherineBaker on May 21, 2008 at 02:44 PM

I guess I should add:

[Catherine cringing in corner, wracking her brain for good knock-knock jokes.]

posted by Tiffanilynn on May 21, 2008 at 02:53 PM

 Cat- you are too funny, i got the joke though.

posted by timec on May 21, 2008 at 02:56 PM

Tiff

I see you feel the need to get in a fight that is not yours. Nothing in my post had anything to do with you. But if you just want to defend Audrey that is just fine ....you didn't have to include yourself in this.

This is a January and February conversation so March your way out of it.....

 

posted by Tiffanilynn on May 21, 2008 at 03:18 PM

 um, i wont be marching anywhere, but to right here with your little smart alec remarks.

I was just stating that in your topic i was guilty of being the one of being nice and mean in different blogs (as im sure many of us are), just depends on how i feel about the topic, and what people have to say back. So get off your little high horse.

I wasnt "defending" anyone, just stating a fact.

posted by adampayne on May 21, 2008 at 04:13 PM

Wow! What a thread. I guess confrontation is in vogue this year.


posted by Tiffanilynn on May 21, 2008 at 04:37 PM

 As i stated in Audrey's post, i think everyone is feeling a little fiesty today, must be the weather. no harm intended to anyone. just argumentitive blogging.

As much as me and timec go back and forth, we still respect eachother, and at the end of the day can still tell eachother have a nice night.

posted by jpatto on May 21, 2008 at 08:29 PM

Thats ok Nancy my writing doesn't have to pass anyones standards here, I guess like Timec says Im entitled to read and write anytime I please. Sorry if it doesn't please the grand masters of the Bako Blog. If calling one a "redneck" is offensive is bad, well here in Bako, its the norm. I;m afraid my dear,like it or not, we are!Why do you think these high end dept stores will not come to this valley. Because we are not "city slickers"As far as Mark? My comments and his driving, that you may be referring to, yes his friends did remark to that in fact it was on a post about good driving and it was the pot calling the kettle black.One thing I truly don't care for. If I had a chance to have a good ole sit down with him just he and I, that would be good, I have plenty to say, oh yea...He has never had anything nice to say to me online or off. Who am I to be cordial when indeed I know the true feelings on the other side no matter how well they try to get sugar coated. That doesn't mean that I come out and say down right mean things to him because I haven't until now.Furthermore He is 40 something now, I do believe when he gets hiself into a tight spot , he doesn;t need "mommy" coming to his defense as many times you don't know the full story of his business as most of us moms. That certainly puts you in a bad way....Peace

posted by timec on May 22, 2008 at 07:29 AM

That is very true Tiff. No hard feelings. Actually if you guys knew me personally you would really like me. I am a fun person. I do quite a bit for the homeless and the elderly. I am a very compassionate person. I know I don't come across that way but I am a good person. If I saw any of you on the side of the road I would stop.

 

 

posted by Tiffanilynn on May 22, 2008 at 09:52 AM

 as would I timec :-)

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