Was at the Dr today for my Militia physical

[Daywalker]

We've seen it all on the forums, and have probably at one
point in our lives done one or more of the following:

Embellishing

Exaggerating

Fabricating

The kind of thing that seems harmless...right?

Then there is lying.
And the Intent.

To Me
...to lie with the intent to make yourself feel better does not mean
that you're always aware of the fact that while doing
so you are making others feel as though the intent
is to make them feel bad about themselves.

I learned this one at a young age.

But there's a default feature of my own
that follows the veins of the 'benefit of the doubt' theory.


Throwing in statistics that make the OP's numbers from another thread
seem unobtainable surely has to have folks wondering whether
there's embellishing or otherwise happening.

So I think that speculating seems fairly ordinary at this point.

Of course, the manner in which we all engage about it should
not be such that it raises the blood pressure of our keyboards...n stuff.

[Ginger]

Originally Posted by Daywalker

We've seen it all on the forums, and have probably at one
point in our lives done one or more of the following:

Embellishing

Exaggerating

Fabricating

The kind of thing that seems harmless...right?

Hi, Daywalker.

No, I haven't been aware of seeing any of those things on the threads.

And there were only a couple times when I thought there was intentional fabrication designed to manipulate readers in a potentially malicious way—and I reported it.

But the vast majority of the time, I take things at face value. Your post makes me wonder if I'm not a critical enough reader.

Thinking about it.
Scout

[Kobi]

At the risk of really mucking things up, my gut is sending out signals that we are being played with by a bunch of high school males. Something just doesnt feel right.

[princessbelle]

Originally Posted by Kobi

At the risk of really mucking things up, my gut is sending out signals that we are being played with by a bunch of high school males. Something just doesnt feel right.

Gosh i hope not Kobi.

I was just thinking. When i was 23 i had a baby on one hip and one on the way. It would have been LIFE changing if i had been privy to the internet and a place like BFP to help me find my way.

I don't even think the internet was invented when i was 23 come to think of it LOL. But, my point is...

If this is someone who is truly that young and they are trying to find community, i don't want to see them run off.

I am one of the peeps that just really, really hopes, that this person is reaching out for a hand and finding their way. And i'm hoping that even if they are embellishing a little here and there, they will "get it" and their lives will be BETTER having found us as a home.