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Words Can Hurt
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Words Can Hurt |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana 
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words phrases combined in an email or message sent with no animosity never meaning to cause pain ahhh . . . although the words themselves are innocent enough sometimes it is the tone which can bruise and hurt fragile hearts and can instill anguish and suffering even devastation to those we profess to love ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ [This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (05-29-2014 03:29 PM).] |
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EmmaRose Senior Member
since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376Midwest |
sometimes emails do not translate well on the page , nothing like a voice to clarify anything in question. |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
So true, but also consider this if you will...sometimes we misunderstand written words, because we cannot see emotion of the faces of those souls writing them.... beautiful poem which is a lesson learned, thank you |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
So true, but also consider this if you will...sometimes we misunderstand written words, because we cannot see emotion of the faces of those souls writing them.... beautiful poem which is a lesson learned, thank you |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Absolutely Emma, emails can tear down a friendship, and/or relationship with just one word omitted by mistake. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Thank you Lee for your nice comment on my poem. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
Such are the problems created by our increasingly non-personal society. I think we've all experienced this to some degree or another. Yes, the tone can do the damage, but it is invariably the recipient who decides the tone, not the sender, when there is no intended animosity or desire to cause pain. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Yep. Couldn't agree more Redstart. All kinds of things come into play to have the reader blow a gasket. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Lori Grosser Rhoden Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202Fair to middlin' of nowhere |
Communication is difficult enough face to face under the best conditions. Emailing is a whole other ball game. If you are one to "blow gaskets" all the more difficult for you. Another problem we emailers often face is sending an email with an expectation of what the reply will be. If the reply doesn't meet our expectation then we get bent out of shape and the sender is clueless as to why. Lori  |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Good points, Lori, thank you. ~*~ If they give you lined paper, write sideways. ~*~ |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Ahh, dear Jerry, you have penned a deep truth here. No doubt, we should really think twice always before we click on the "send-button", never really knowing how the receiver will react to what we have said. "Is this likely to hurt?" is a must-question! I have also learned this the hard way. If there is no total closure to discussion, things can be explained and the pain lessened, but sometimes there is total closure and in most cases not having a clue is quite painful to endure too. Love and peace. Margherita |
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