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2 February 2012, 12:12
BP,
Have you heard the phrase 'familiarity breeds contempt' It isn't exactly what happened here but imo NR felt you were friendly enough to take a dig at you. As I do with my close friends we have one that talks about his Bonny and we are always saying BS to him as a dig. You don't say these things to people you don't know but do with friends and you took his joking as an insult which I didn't see as the intent.
As I've said before this form of communication does not show you the grin or the smile which we use to identify jokes and what is serious. Perhaps that is the reason that these forums always seem to be a hot bed of arguements and fights.
Some people are more forward than others and this again is something that in reallife friendships you resolve with body language, someone getting too close too quick and you cut them off with a turn of the head or by talking to someone else. You can't do that here.
I hope you work it out.
Have you heard the phrase 'familiarity breeds contempt' It isn't exactly what happened here but imo NR felt you were friendly enough to take a dig at you. As I do with my close friends we have one that talks about his Bonny and we are always saying BS to him as a dig. You don't say these things to people you don't know but do with friends and you took his joking as an insult which I didn't see as the intent.
As I've said before this form of communication does not show you the grin or the smile which we use to identify jokes and what is serious. Perhaps that is the reason that these forums always seem to be a hot bed of arguements and fights.
Some people are more forward than others and this again is something that in reallife friendships you resolve with body language, someone getting too close too quick and you cut them off with a turn of the head or by talking to someone else. You can't do that here.
I hope you work it out.
Skean Dhude
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. - Charles Darwin