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Originally Posted by Kobi
With all due respect Angie, your prior wrist slaps have said if you dont understand what someone is saying, ask them.
That's what I did. I did not understand why this was empowering to women and I was asking for an explanation. I also included why I was having difficulty understanding.
My apologies to VK and this site for simply trying to understand something that didnt make sense to me.
Moving on.
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Let me illustrate for you the part that needs to stop happening:
"To hear it makes them smile makes me even sadder."
It's fine to ask for clarification but asking for clarification generally stops at : "Hey, can you help me understand this?"
It doesn't elongate the conversation with value judgments on the other person or little quips like "learn something new every day" that appear to be designed to head-pat or outright dismiss the other person's position.
Thanks.
Now, to move this conversation along from the derail:
What made me smile today?
Getting home early from work today and starting to work down my enormous list of "to do" tasks AND having the motivation to do it! WOOT!