i appreciate your indignation. that was why i prefaced the statement the way i did. i spoke of 'men' in the same way that we might say the word 'you' in conversation to include various and assundry entities not necessarily the person we are talking to. but i am going to say that culture and 75% or more of my interaction with 50% of the population only supports those statements which you call generalizations (ratios which i think would support the concept of the word 'generalization'.) i get equally frustrated with women on occassion and the way that we are expected to (and do) behave and act. i am sorry that my blowing off steam (which i put behind a cut) offended you. of course you know it was not directed at you, and was spoken from a place of extreme frustration with the kind of people i come in contact with. my rants against co-workers were aimed at women, my rant against annoying email/text messages was not targeting any gender. your response, however, very specifically targeted me which somehow seemed rather inappropriate as my thoughts were not posted in a comment in your journal but in my own...a place where i should be able to verbalize and work through my own misunderstandings without censure. i was surprised by the criticism of your reply.
I am sorry you feel like I was attacking you with my comment, it is your journal and that was not my intention. I am not offended, simply concerned.
I opened the cut part of your journal because I care about your life. It was not my intention to upset you from reading it. I will consider that in the future.
you are welcome to read whatever i post that you have access to. my point was that implying i would be single forever because i overhead a bunch of asswipes speaking loudly in public and it made me irritated with 'men' seems rather inappropriate and unfair. i do not imply that your problems with your ex mean you will never again have a successful marriage. i know you know that all women do not fall under that same umbrella.
but i am going to say that culture and 75% or more of my interaction with 50% of the population only supports those statements which you call generalizations (ratios which i think would support the concept of the word 'generalization'.) i get equally frustrated with women on occassion and the way that we are expected to (and do) behave and act.
i am sorry that my blowing off steam (which i put behind a cut) offended you. of course you know it was not directed at you, and was spoken from a place of extreme frustration with the kind of people i come in contact with. my rants against co-workers were aimed at women, my rant against annoying email/text messages was not targeting any gender. your response, however, very specifically targeted me which somehow seemed rather inappropriate as my thoughts were not posted in a comment in your journal but in my own...a place where i should be able to verbalize and work through my own misunderstandings without censure. i was surprised by the criticism of your reply.
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I opened the cut part of your journal because I care about your life. It was not my intention to upset you from reading it. I will consider that in the future.
I apologize for upsetting you.
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