Posted by Dinah on January 10, 2003, at 16:06:23
In reply to Re: I called NO ONE and other misunderstandings » gabbix2, posted by NikkiT2 on January 10, 2003, at 15:54:32
Now I feel we're getting somewhere, and the heaviness on the board seems a bit less.
I'm hardly likely to be accused of being an eternal optimist, but in general I have come to the conclusion that it is wisest to give people the benefit of the doubt. And OK, sometimes I let my own hot buttons get in the way of doing that, but I do try. And also, sometimes the best possible interpretation still leaves room for irritation. But I've just seen too many times where it really seemed like someone meant one thing, but what they really meant was something else, or they really did mean what they said but only because they were starting with a mistaken belief.
I'm glad that my absolute disbelief that Nikki was calling Tabitha a bitch was justified. :)
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