WinsomeDefiance
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(fast reply to no one in particular) I don't get it. Are people who have positive, successful relationships supposed to apologize for being emulated, just because some new to WIITWD cuts corners and screws up? Why would we say that adults have the righht to consensual relationships, then take away their responsibility for owning their own mistakes? Sure, people only see the end product in a post or two, but if they take enough time to really LEARN about the person they want to emulate, then a bigger picture begins to present itself. I can name several people in successful relationships right now, who have posted the story of their failures and successes. Are they supposed to be at fault, because the image that someone sees of them is an end product? That makes no sense to me. I don't get the hostility toward those who attend events and/or clubs or seek knowledge where they are at. I don't know why the path one person chooses has to be so all fire offensive to someone who chooses a different path. You aren't diminished because you are different or prefer to draw from a different source for your knowledge and if you are, well that's YOUR shit, not anyone elses. I happen to think reading someone's books are great, but you know what is even better? Sitting across from them at breakfast and falling in love with them over a cup of coffee while they share with you their life experiences that inspired the book. Finding their bra in your bed is even better. It is also kind of fun to know the author of another book is a self absorbed bitch, and another a narcisisstic asshole because you've met them at events or corresponded with them. My point? Reading what ANYONE writes is great, it may even give you a feel of who they might be, but experiencing first hand WHO a person is, is much more rewarding. Even then, if I was stupid enough to emulate anyone of them, and fuck the pooch because I didn't live my life true to MY needs and experiences, not one of those people would be to blame. My shit, I own it. If someone new comes around and decides to forget that they are an adult, and fucks their own pooch, well that's their shit. They can own it all on their own. That's the adult price of admission. I don't owe consenting adults any apologies because they read something I posted and came away with an unfinished image of who I am. I don't think anyone else does either. Last I checked, this was an adult site.
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