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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
5. honestly, I totally understand and get that desire but,
Mon Feb 17, 2014, 09:01 AM
Feb 2014

as a human species we need to quit internalizing and then reaching out to inflict pain because of what was said.

Penelope should have addressed her son immediately

and told him in no uncertain terms

that as his Mother she had every right to speak her mind and if he could not respect her voice

that there were other options that could and would be explored.

insert something here about:

I brought you into this world and I can take you out.

No disrespect intended here. Thoughts germinating not fully formed.

And YES, I totally understand the garotte and murder attitude. I go there a lot in my mind sometimes.

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Telling a woman to shut up [View all] ismnotwasm Feb 2014 OP
Returning to her distaff, she spun up the finest garotte Warpy Feb 2014 #1
Sometimes there's poison ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #2
honestly, I totally understand and get that desire but, Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #5
I think that's the point though ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #8
I understand, ism. I do .... what I am saying is this: Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #9
I think we will change ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #13
Yes. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #14
As a practical matter Warpy Feb 2014 #12
Brilliant article. sufrommich Feb 2014 #3
thank you for this, ism. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2014 #4
SO MUCH good stuff in this. redqueen Feb 2014 #6
It's such an intelligent piece ismnotwasm Feb 2014 #7
I love that Candy Crowley has a show on CNN. CrispyQ Feb 2014 #10
Tina Fey had something interesting to say about men who get pissed off when women tell (instead of bettyellen Feb 2014 #11
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