tillyfloss
Gold Member
I have read a few posts lately and also been involved in one where words were taken out of context and people were offended by particular posts....
In my case, it caused a huge amount of upset to me because I was accused of being off with someone when that is the last thing on earth I would ever want to do... And this has played on my mind ever since.. Reading other posts, I can see it happens quite often....
This forum however is all about support, and as we are all different, we are bound to have different views, we also have different abilities in writing things down, I sometimes struggle sayign what I really want to say...
So .. Iw as thinking.... maybe what we should do, before reacting in a negative way to a post, maybe a person who is offended should PM the poster and ask them to clarify,, saying maybe they found it upsetting (i'm not talking about attacking someone by PM!!!!) Maybe then as the mature adults we are, the OP may wish to modify their post, or the offended person might be able to respond in a better way, knowing the way in which the post was meant to be read...
Forums are always rife with upset...
But this diet is difficult enough as it is, without us attacking each other!
What does anyone else think....?
(OH and before anyone jumps at me... I am not talking about any one person in partiucular... Just I feel as many of us must, that sometimes its sad when things move away from the original question and ends up as an attack on someone.)
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In my case, it caused a huge amount of upset to me because I was accused of being off with someone when that is the last thing on earth I would ever want to do... And this has played on my mind ever since.. Reading other posts, I can see it happens quite often....
This forum however is all about support, and as we are all different, we are bound to have different views, we also have different abilities in writing things down, I sometimes struggle sayign what I really want to say...
So .. Iw as thinking.... maybe what we should do, before reacting in a negative way to a post, maybe a person who is offended should PM the poster and ask them to clarify,, saying maybe they found it upsetting (i'm not talking about attacking someone by PM!!!!) Maybe then as the mature adults we are, the OP may wish to modify their post, or the offended person might be able to respond in a better way, knowing the way in which the post was meant to be read...
Forums are always rife with upset...
But this diet is difficult enough as it is, without us attacking each other!
What does anyone else think....?
(OH and before anyone jumps at me... I am not talking about any one person in partiucular... Just I feel as many of us must, that sometimes its sad when things move away from the original question and ends up as an attack on someone.)
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